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EDITOR  &  PROPRIETOR 

NOVEMBER    3,    1910 


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ATTENTION 

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Time  tells  all  things,  and 
we  want  to  tell  you 
where  to  go  when  in  need 
of  Hardware,  Stoves, 
Paints,  Wire,  Tileing, 
Saw  Mill  and  Merchant 
Supplies,  Wagon  and 
Buggy  Material,  Oils  of 
all  Kinds,  Roofing  and 
Guttering,  and  more  too. 
Give  us  a  call. 


POWELL     BROS 


Both  Phones 


BOYD 
BROS. 


for  first  class 


Plumbing,  Roofing 
Guttering  and  all  kinds 
of  Sheet  Metal  Work 

Hot  Air  Furnaces  and 
Heating  a  Specialty 

Phone  16 


A  WHISPER 
IN  THE   EAR 

May  he  enough   to  arouse 
j  interest    in    this    superb 

showing  of 

Drugs 

Toilet  Articles 

Etc. 

All  we  desire  ts  to  bring 
those  who  admire  beautiful, 
want  high  class  goods  to 
the  store.  The  excellence 
of  the  goods  themselves  will 
then  impress  itself  and  no 
praise  or  persuasion  from 
us  will  be  necessary. 

F.  W.  Robinson 

High  Class  Druggist 


find 
you  a  deal  for 
anything  that 
you  have  and 
exchange  it  for 
anything  you 
want.  I  also 
have  the 
farms  in  Ham- 
ilton County,  Illinois,  that  are  for  sale,  and  this  land  is  all  in  the 
coalfield,  which  will  sell   soon    [  per  acre,    which 

nearly  pay  for  the  land.    I  have  land  ranging  from  20  to 
2700  acres  in  a  tract.     My  commission  on  exchanges  is  on! 
5  per  cent.       If  you  have  anything,  submit  it  to  me  if  you  want 
a  quick  deal. 

C.  W.  TURRENTINE 

McLeansboro,  111. 


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Hamilton  County  is  situated  in  the 
southeastern  section  of  the  state  with 
some  of  the  best  land  in  its  border  to  be 
found  anywhere.  The  climate  permits 
extreme  old  age  to  lengthen  itself  out  in 
happiness.  Health  is  a  matter  of  care. 
The  population  by  the  last  census  is  close 
to  26,000,  and  while  the  communit;es 
are  largely  rural,  the  people  make  one 
think  that  they  are  as  up-to  date,  aggres- 
sive, and  flourishing  as  in  the  more  densly 
populated  districts.  The  county  is  fast 
upbuilding  its  farm  lands,  its  county 
dwellings  of  all  kinds,  and  improving 
its  live  stock,  until  it  presents  views  of 
rare  beauty.  The  land  ranges  from  $30. 
to  $75.  per  acre  according  to  improve- 
ments and  location,  while  some  of  the 
bottom  land,  which  is  now  being  drained, 
can  be  purchased  cheaper,  and  this  land 
is  destined  to  become  the  main  stay  of 
the  county.  Whoever  buys  it  will  have  a 
gold  mine  on  the  surface,  for  corn  and 
the  cereals  grow  like  mushrooms,   when 


once  drained.  The  drainage  district 
now  covers  more  than  30,000  acres. 
This  is  known  as  the  Haw  Creek  Bottoms. 
While  another  large  strip  in  the  western 
part  of  the  county  is  also  being  opened 
up  by  a  drainage  commission  from  this 
and  adjoining  counties,  which  will,  when 
completed  add,  immensely  to  the  wealth 
of  these  districts.  It  is  common  talk 
that  men  who  own  the  bottoms  are 
healed. 

The  county  produces  richly  all  the 
cenals.  Corn  is  a  leader,  wheat  is  sown 
in  abundance  with  large  yields,  oats  are 
in  every  section  and  grow  an  immense 
percentage.  Hay  has  a  name  all  its  own, 
if  it  comes  from  Hamilton  county,  none 
better,  as  the  dealers  say.  The  fruit  is 
the  best  in  this  end  of  the  state.  When 
other  counties  fail  in  the  apple  crop, 
Hamilton  comes  out  in  full.  This  season 
especially  the  county  has  the  best  crop 
in  years.  More  than  $50  000  per  annum  is 
realized    off    of    this    crop    alone.       Rye, 


sorghum,  clover  seed,  sunflower  seed, 
even  tobacco,  sweet  and  Irish  potatoes, 
stock  peas,  horses,  sheep,  cattle,  hogs 
poultry  in  loads  and  by  the  thousands  of 
dollars  worth,  every  edible  worth  while 
in  field  and  garden — all  are  in  the  market 
from  this  good  county  of  Hamilton. 

There  are  a  number  of  splendid  towns 
in  Hamilton  county.  Some  of  them  like 
Macedonia  are  written  up  elsewhere. 
Special  mention  must  be  made  of  Dahlgren 
on  the  main  line  of  the  L  &  N,  with  its 
three  banks,  nice  church  and  school 
buildings  and  a  magnificent  farming 
community  surrounding  it;  Broughton 
and  Dale  on  the  branch  line  are  also 
thriving  communities,  and  Delafield  and 
Thackery  have  many  nice  homes  and  do 
large  business  with  the  surrounding  sec- 
tions. Other  inland  points  might  be  named. 
The  entire  county  is  dotted  over  with 
reputable  homes,  splendid  out  buildings, 
as  barns  and  stock  and  feed  stables,  etc. 
The  people  are  pushing  right  to  the  front. 


The  good  town  oi  McLeansboro  has  a 
population  of  some  three  thousand 
inhabitants:  it  is  located  on  the  main 
line  of  the  Louisville  &  Nashville  Railroad 
at  the  intersection  of  the  Shawneetown 
branch,  and  is  the  county  seat  of  Hamilton 
County,  one  of  the  best  hay  and  grain, 
fruit  and  produce  and  cattle  sections 
of  the  great  State  of  Illinois.  McLeansboro 
has  in  it  a  choice  number  of  civilians, 
who  are  always  working  for  the  interests 
of  the  town.  It  is  to  these  that  we  owe 
the  up-to-date  Commercial  Club,  the 
present  electric  light  plant  and  power 
house,  with  its  pumping  station  for  the 
water  tower,  and  the  proposed  new  and 
extended  reservoir,  which  the  town  au- 
thorities are  about  to  launch,  and  the  four 
miles  of  paved  streets  with  sidewalks 
and  boulevards  to  match,  making  the 
prettiest  town  in  the  state,  none  excepted, 
and  the  beautiful  new  churches — the 
pride  of  the  town.  Besides  these  the  homes 
arc  modern. 

McLeansboro  has  a  reputation  for  a 
clean  town.  It  is  one  of  the  best  resident 
towns  in  this  country.  It  has  no  saloons, 
is  practically  out  of  debt,  and  has  always 
exemplic'ied  the  commendable  quality  of 
progress  and  development.  It  is  easy 
riding  to  St.  Louis,  Evansville,  and 
Shawneetown  on  the  Ohio  River.  Its 
public  square  is  the  nicest,  the  largest 
and  the  most  suitable  for  a  quiet,  un- 
ostentatious, unassuming,  practicable 
Court  House  anywhere.  It  is  only  a  ques- 
tion of  time  when  the  new  building  will 

\N  be  erected.  On  the  frontis  page  will  be  seen 
„'  the  proposed  new  house,  which  is  to  take 
.,  the  place  in  the  near  future  that  it  should 
'J     occupy   in   the  center  of  the   square.      If 

q^_    it  does,  the  new  building  will  adorn   the 
town   as  nothing  else  will. 


ELECTRIC  LIGHT 


McLeansboro  boasts  a  municipal  electric 
light  plant  owned  and  controlled  by  the 
city.  Fifty  arc  lights  and  about  1,000 
incandescent  lamps  are  supplied  to  the 
city  by  its  own  plant,  and  the  cost  comes 
out  of  the  pockets  of  the  patrons,  while 
the  city  gets  its  arc  lights  practically  free. 

WATER  WORKS 

The  city  owns  its  own  water  works  as 
well.  Just  now  the  city  council  is  thinking 
seriously  about  making  a  large  reservoir 
to  include  the  grounds,  known  as  the 
Old  Pair  Grounds,  a  mile  west  of  town, 
in  which  the  present  wells  are  located, 
and  have  water  enough  to  supply  the 
L.  &  N.  R.  R.,  throughout  the  season. 
As  it  is,  the  water  supply  is  not  sufficient 
for  that  purpose.  The  town  owns  about 
five  miles  of  water  mains,  an  all  steel 
water  tank  and  supports  120  feet  high 
and  holding  60.000  gallons,  with  fire  plugs 
and  all  the  other  accessories  necessary 
to  a  complete  system. 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT 

Organized  July  6,  1894,  manned  by 
a  company  of  volunteers.  The  outfit 
consists  of  one  hose  wagon  and  one  hook 
and  ladder  outfit.  They  have  800  feet  of 
hose  and  there  are  six  fire  alarm  stations 
in  the  city.  The  fire  laddies  are  brave 
fighters,  and  manage  to  subdue  the  blazes 
before  much  damage  is  done. 

TELEPHONE 

Two  main  systems  have  rights  in  the 
city,  what  is  known  as  the  Old  Hogan 
System,  now  owned  and  controlled  by 
the  Murphysboro  Telephone  Company 
with  ( ).   W.   Fullerton   as  superintendent, 


and  the  Independent  Telephone  Company. 
The  fire  system  is  written  up  in  this  issue 
and  is  first  class  in  every  particular. 
The  Independent  is  a  system  owned  by 
the  stockholders  who  bought  shares  by 
taking  a  phone.     It    is  well  conducted. 

PUBLIC  SCHOOLS 

The  McLeansboro  schools  had  their 
beginning  in  a  log  school  house  12  x  14 
feel  in  size,  w-ith  earth  floor  and  the  wig- 
wam plan  of  heating.  This  rather  promitive 
structure  was  replaced  by  a  somewhat 
better  one,  having  the  more  modern 
conveniences  such  as  puncheon  floor, 
clapboard  door,  greased  paper  windows 
and  benches  for  seats  made  of  split 
saplings  with  legs  driven  into  the  rounded 
sides.  Even  the  third  building  was  of 
logs  and  it  was  not  until  several  years 
later  that  Mr.  C.  H.  Heard  built  a  frame 
building  at  his  own  expense  on  Pearl 
street.  After  the  passage  of  the  free  school 
law  the  property  was  purchased  by  the 
town  for  $800.  Among  the  early  teachers 
were  Marshall  Young.  William  Wallis, 
Rev.  Jacob  Cole,  Leonidas  Walker, 
Charles  A.   Heard  and  others. 

In  1877  the  contract  for  the  present 
brick  building  in  the  southeastern  part 
of  the  city  was  let  for  $9,000.  This  has 
since  had  very  material  additions.  A.  J. 
Walker  was  the  first  principal  here  and 
since  then  Milton  Daily,  Lafayette 
Howard,  H.  W.  Ingram,  J.  P.  Steele, 
J.  L.  Frohock,  J.  H.  Lane,  J.  M.  Bigger- 
staff  and  J.  P.  Gilbert  have  each  had 
charge  of  the  schools  at  various  times. 

At  present  the  first  eight  years  of  work 
i  graded  and  planned  after  the  "course 
of  study  for  Illinois."  Then  there  is  an 
additional  four  years  of  high  sehcol 
work,    these    being    two   courses,    English 


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and  Latin  offered.  The  best  methods, 
text  books  and  helps  are  used  in  the 
grades,  while  the  high  school  has  received 
partial  credit  to  the  University  of  Illinois 
and  may  receive  full  credit  with  honor 
in  one  year.  The  main  building  is  heated 
by  steam.  The  library  and  physical  and 
biological  equipment  has  a  good  beginning. 
The  following  are  the  teachers  for  this 
year.  W.  C.  Fairweather,  superintendent; 
H.  M.  Hinkle,  principal  of  High  School; 
Miss  Mae  E.  Crawford,  assistant;  Robert 
Wilson,  eighth  grade;  J.  W.  McDowell, 
seventh  grade;  M.  W.  Hayes,  sixth  grade; 
Alleen  Wilson,  fifth  grade;  Miss  Inez 
Cross,  third  and  fourth  grades;  Miss 
Maggie  Campbell,  first  and  second  grades. 
These  teach  on  the  east  side,  main  build- 
ing. The  west  side  teachers  are  Walter 
M.  Hayes,  third  and  fourth  grades: 
Miss  Martha  Robinson,  second  grade; 
Mrs.  Jennie  Foote,  first  grade. 


McLEANSBORO  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS 

as  early  as  1822,  when  Rev.  David  McLin, 
a  missionary  from  Anderson  Presbytery, 
Ky.,  organized  a  church  with  six  members 
and  was  their  pastor  for  several  years. 
The  later  history  of  this  organization  is 
uncertain  until  1850,  when  Revs.  Millege 
Miller  and  R.  M.  Davis  reorganized  it 
and  changed  the  place  of  worship  to  Union 
Hall,  just  west  of  the  town. 

March   6,    1870,   the   Rev.    Davis   and 
Rev.  Miller  under  the  direction  of  Ewing 


1$ur  Churches 


FIRST  BAPTIST  CHURCH 
Organized  in  1872,  first  building  erected 
in  1876,  second  one  in  1908  at  a  cost  of 
fully  $16,000.  Present  pastor  is  Rev. 
Clarence  Hodge,  who  has  been  with  the 
church  now  for  five  years.  The  member- 
ship roll  contains  a  list  of  500  names 
Sunday  school  scholars  enrolled  over 
450.  Average  in  attendance  for  year,  323; 
best  in  this  end  of  the  state.  All  depart- 
ments of  the  church  are  thoroughly 
organized  and  up-to-date.  Deacons: 
W.  J.  Boyd.  A.  W.  Severs,  T.  W.  Bigger- 
staff,  C.  L.  Young  and  J.  C.  Carner. 
Trustees:  J.  C.  All.  T.  B.  Wright,  C.  R. 
McNabb,  J.  C.  Carner  and  Marshall 
Spivey. 


To  iudge  from  the  numbers  of  churches 
here  the  people  of  McLeansboro  must 
be  classed  as  strict  advocates  of  religious 
training.  The  Presbyterians,  Baptists, 
Methodists,  Christians,  Catholics,  Epis- 
copalians and  Cumberland  Presbyterians 
have  all  substantial  houses  of  worship, 
a  description  of  which  will  interest  those 
of  like  faith  and  order  and  will  be  found 
under  its  appropriate  heading. 

PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 
The  hi  Mi  Le  tnsboro  Cum- 

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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 

Presbytery  again  reorganized  the  church 
and  changed  the  place  of  worship  to  the 
town.  A  building  committee  consisting 
of  A.  B.  Weldin,  A.  M.  Wilson.  A.  T. 
Sullenger  and  J.  T.  Anderson  was  ap- 
pointed and  in  1875  erected  the  present 
house  of  worship  at  a  cost  of  SI  500.00. 
This  congregation  also  owns  a  chi 
Union  Hall,  the  former  place  of  worship, 
which  was  built  for  the  accommodation 
of  the  members  west  of  the  city.  The 
membership  numbers  about  135  and  has 
sent  out  two  minsters.  Rev.  J.  L.  Hughey 
is  the  present  efficient  pastor. 


REV.  CLARENCE  HODGE 


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FIRST  BAPTIST  CHURCH 


METHODIST    EPISCOPAL    CHURCH 

The  first  church  organized  in  McLeans- 
boro  was  the  Methodist  in  1835,  and  the 
first  pastor  is  said  to  have  been  Isaac  G. 
Barr,  although  we  cannot  find  any 
■  if  his  pastorate  earlier  than  1839. 
yet  no  doubt  McLeansboro  was  a  part 
of  some  circuit  much  earlier  than  this 
date. 

In  1856,  under  the  pastorate  of  John 
Thatcher,  the  first  building  was  erected 
at  a  cost  of  $1,200;  a  frame  40x60  feet. 
In  the  spring  of  1859  it  was  destroyed  by 
fire,  and  they  worshipped  in  the  court 
house  until  1870,  when  a  two-story 
brick  building  was  erected  at  a  cost  of 
■  $8,000,  46  x  80  feet.  This  was  under  the 
pastorate  of  W.  A.  Browder. 

On  November  14.  1907.  Dr.  J.  \V. 
Cummins  laid  the  corner  stone  of  the 
present  building,  and  June  7,  1908.  Dr. 
T.  C.  Iliff  dedicated,  by  the  as 
of  the  pastor,  Cameron  Harmon,  and  the 
D.  S.,  J.  S.  Cummins.  The  total  cost  of 
the  present  building,  including  the  pipe 
organ  and  frescoing,  was  more  than 
$20,000,  and  on  May  28,  1910,  the  last 
of  the  indebtedness  was  paid  and  the  note 
burned.  The  present  membership  is  275, 
not  including  some  non-resident  members. 
Dr.  J.  S.  Barter  i^  Sunday  school  superin- 
tendent, and  Mrs.  I.  H.  Webb  is  president 
of  the  league. 


M.  E.  CHURCH 


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CATHOLIC  CHURCH 

St.  Clements  Catholic  Church  was 
organized  in  1SN2.  when  the  present 
edifice,  situated  at  the  east  end  of  Market 
street,  was  built  at  a  cost  of  about  $2,500. 
At  the  present  time  there  are  twenty-nine 
families  represented  on  its  membership 
roll,  comprising  some  of  our  leading 
citizens.  The  parish  is  in  charge  of  Rev. 
Henry  T.   Keuth,  who  is  also  the  rector 


CATHOLIC  CHURCH 

of  St.  John's  church  at  Dahlgren.  Services 
are  held  in  Dahlgren  and  McLeansboro 
each  alternate  Sunday.  We  hope  the 
congregation  will  continue  to  prosper  under 
the  guidance  of  Father  Keuth,  and  that 
he  will  live  long  and  hold  the  affection, 
love  and  esteem  of  a  united  people,  as 
he  does  today. 

CHRISTIAN  CHURCH 

The  Christian  Church  in  this  city  was 
organized  February  9,  1876,  by  James 
T.  Baker,  with  a  small  membership. 
In  1880  their  present  house  of  worship, 
having  a  seating  capacity  of  200,  was 
built  at  a  cost  of  about  $1,500.  At  the 
present  time  they  are  without  a  pastor 
but     meet     regularlv    every    Sunday     for 


CHRISTIAN  CHURCH 

communion  services  and  hold  their 
midweekly  prayer  meeting.  Sunday 
school  is  regularly  kept  up,  at  which  they 
have  an  avi  rag  <  if  75.    The 

present  officers  of  the  church  are,  elders 
A.  J.  Guill  and  B.  T.  M.  Pemberton; 
deacons.  S.  M.  Blades,  I'.  L.  Jacobs,  A.  \V. 
Barnum.  X.  A.  Utl.v;  trustees,  G.  A. 
Lee,  L.  J.  Hale  and  Peter  Hyatt;  clerk, 
X.  A    Utley;    treasurer,  S.  M.  Blades. 


business  Men  cf  Me^eansbcrc 


O.  J.  DAVIS  this  line  of  business  in  1898  and  continued 
n     t     r\     ■                ■  t         t  tx.     r\     •  until    1901,    at    which    time   he   sold   his 
O.  J.    Davis,   propneter  of  the   Davis  interest  to  his  business  partner,  Dr.  M.  H. 
Jewelry  Store,   ,s  located  first  door  east  F]  d  d       *       ;        c  . 
of  the  postorhce  on  the  southside  of  the  n,  ■            ,  ',,„,.,,.    „„.    „„j  ,.„  m  t 
public  square.     Mr.  Davis  was  born  and  Chicago    In  H.02  he  returned  to  McLeans- 
raised  on  a  farm  near  McLeansboro,  has  boroand  began  business  alone,  adding  the 
,,.,■,-■,,                       .,               ,  optical  department.    In  his  stock  ot  goods 
spent  hi,  life  in  this  community  and  has  ^  makes'as  peciauty  of  diamonds.  Elgin. 

.  Waltham,  Hamilton  and  Howard  watches: 
I  Community  silver  and  American  cut  glass. 
He  also  carries  a  supply  °f  phonographs, 
records,  etc.  He  carries  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  up-to-date  stock  of  goods, 
covering  everything  that  is  usually  found 
in  a  jewelry  store,  that  can  be  found 
outside  of  the  cities.  He  is  ably  assisted 
by  O.  M.  Rice,  and  they  are  ready  to 
give  quick  and  satisfactory  service.  Mr. 
Davis  is  a  trustee  and  treasurer  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  one  of 
it'smost  faithful  and  consistant  members. 
He  is  also  a  leading  member  of  the  local 
lodge  of  the  Free  Masons,  and  has  for 
some  time  occupied  the  highest  position 
at  their  command.  In  1904  he  was  married 
to  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  highly 
esteemed  ladies  of  this  community, 
Miss  Lida  Cotterall,  and  they  now  live 
in  their  beautiful  new  home  on  Xorth 
Washington  street. 

D.  B.  GILLHAM 

D.  B.  Gillham  was  born  at  Manda, 
Madison  County,  111.,  October  2,  1869 
and  was  raised  on  the  farm.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  then 
finished  the  business  course  in  the  Bryant 
&  Stratton  school  of  St.  Louis  in  1894. 
For  ten  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
laundry  business  in  St.  Louis.  In  1903 
he  was  married  to  Ina  Hall,  daughter  of 
William  Hall  of  McLeansboro,  one  of  the 
best  known  insurance  agents  of  Southern 
Illinois.  The  health  of  his  wife  failing, 
he  left  St.  Louis  and  came  to  McLeansboro 


O.  J.  DAVIS 

had  business  transactions  with  so  many 
people  of  this  County,  that  he  is  well  and 
favorably  known  by  a  great  host  of  our 
people.  Since  early  life  he  has  hail  a 
natural  desire  for  the  watch-making  and 
jewelry  business;  by  diligence  and  applica- 
tion he  has  become  one  of  the  most  skilled 
in  this  line  of  work  of  anyone  in  this  part 
of  the  country,  and  is  at  present  watch 
inspector  for  the  L.  &  X.  R.  R.    He  began 


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S.  Benson,  then  became  Benson  &  Son, 
Dr.  J.  G.  being  the  junior  member:  later 
it  became  the  Benson  &  Smith,  and  then 
the  L.  L.  Smith  Drug  Sti  ire  until  purchased 
by  the  present  proprietor.  Thus  it  has  a 
reputation  of  long  standing  which  we  are 
sure  will  be  maintained  under  the  present 
management.  Mr.  Kelly's  leading  line, 
of  course,  is  drugs,  but  in  addition  he 
carries  a  fine  line  of  drug  sundries,  oils, 
paints,  tine  line  of  cigars  and  tobacco. 
and  is  the  exclusive  agent  for  the  Eastman 
Kodaks  and  supplies,  and  Spalding's 
baseball  supplies.  Dr.  Kelly  is  a  married 
man,  and  with  his  wife,  formerly  Miss 
Essie  Sloan,  lives  on  South  Washington 
street.  They  are  both  faithful  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and 
are  among  our  most  excellent  people. 


OPERA  HOUSE  BLOCK-  C.  B    STELLE,  O 


in  1907,  and  purchased  the  long  established 
newsstand  on  the  west  side  of  the  public 
square,  just  south  of  The  Peoples'  National 
Bank.  Here  he  has  the  only  news  stand 
in  the  county,  and  carries  a  splendid  and 
up-to-date  stock  of  news,  period  icals 
music,  fine  confectionaries,  sporting  goods, 
cigars  and  tobacco.  He  also  has  a  well 
established  and  efficient  laundry  branch 
in  which  he  handles  a  large  amount  of 
business.  Mr.  Gillham  is  a  leading  member 
of  McLeansboro  Lodge  No.  Ill  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  has  recently  been  through 
the  chairs.  With  his  family  he  lives  in 
his  comfortable  home  on  Eastern  Border 
street,  and  can  daily  be  found  faithfully 
attending  to  his  duties  at  his  place  of  I 
business.  

C.  B.  STELLE 

C.  B.  Stelle,  proprietor  of  our  popular 
"New  Famous"  clothing  store,  is  a  son  of 
the  well  known  Judge  T.  B.  Stelle.  He 
was  educated  in  our  public  schools,  was  one 
year  in  McKendree  College  and  finished 
the  t course  in  Dixon1  Business  College. 
From  boyhood  he  was  a  clerk  in  his  father's 
general  store,  when  out  of  school,  and  not 
only  gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
business,  but  cultivated  a  liking  for  it 
that  led  him  to  begin  the  clothing  business 
for  himself  in  1898.  He  is  located  in  the 
Stelle  block,  on  the  north  side  of  the 
public  square,  first  door  east  of  the 
First  National  Bank.  He  carries  a  com- 
plete and  excellent  line  of  clothing  and 
furnishings  for  men  and  boys.  In  the 
high  priced  goods  he  carries  the  "Miller 
Made"  and  in  the  medium  the  "Milton 
Ochs."  In  shoes  he  makes  a  specialty 
of  the  "All-American."  Mr.  Stelle  is 
also  a  farmer,  and  owns  and  conducts 
some  splendid  farms  near  our  city.  At 
present  he  is  a  progressive  meml  ler  i  if 
our  city  council  and  at  all  times' takes  an 
interest  in  that,which  pertains  to"jthe  wel- 
fare of  the  general  public.  In  1898  he  was 
married  to  Daisy  D.  Lasater,  and  with 
their  one  son  they  now  live  in  their  new 
and  elegant  home  on  South  Washington 
street . 


DR.  J.  O.  KELLY 

Dr.  J.  O.  Kelly  is  a  product  of  Hamilton 
County,  born  and  raised  near  Macedonia. 
and  is  a  son  of  O.  P.  Kelly,  a  well-known 
blacksmith  in  that  community  in  the 
past  years.  After  finishing  the  studies 
in  the  public  schools,  he  finished  a  business 
course  in  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  schools 
of  Louisville,  Ky.,  graduating  in  1897, 
and  was  then  employed  in  a  hospital  for 
two  years.  Duringthe  years  1900  and  1901, 
he  finished  the  course  in  the  pharmacy  of 
the  Indiana  Lmiversity  at  Valparaso,  and 
was  immediately  employed  in  a  drug 
store  in  St.  Louis  until  1902,  when  he 
entered  the  employment  of  Dr.  L.  L. 
Smith  as  druggist,  and  in  May  of  the 
present  year  he  bought  the  stock  and  is 
now  sole  proprietor  of  one  of  the  most 
up-to-date  and  progressive  drug  estab- 
lishments in  this  part  of  the  country. 
This  store  was  first  established  bv  Dr.  V. 


CLYDE  SHEPHARD 

Clyde  Shephard  was  born  in  Evansville, 
Ind.,  but  since  boyhood  has  made  his 
home  in  McLeansboro  and  gained  his 
education  in  our  city  schools.  When 
but  a  lad  he  began  work  as  delivery 
boy  for  the  Chapman  Bros.  Grocery  Co., 
and  later  spent  six  years  of  his  life  as 
grocery  clerk,  thus  gaining  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  that  line,  and  acquired  the 
hustling  habit  which  is  necessary  for 
success  in  this  age  of  keen  competition. 
His  honesty,  good  habits  and  natural 
business  instinct  won  for  him  so  large 
a  host  of  friends  that  when  he  began 
business  for  himself  in  April  1909,  he  at 
once  enjoyed  a  splendid  and  growing 
trade. 

His  place  of  business  is  on  the  south 
side  of  the  public  square  and  he  carries 
a  fresh  and  extensive  line  of  staple  and 
fancy  articles,  including  everything  usually 
found  in  a  grocery.  Among  the  brands 
he  handles  is  a  full  line  of  Beech  Nut, 
Sugar  Loaf  and  the  famous  Heinz  brand. 
He  handles  the  excellent  flour  of  the 
Campbell  Milling  Company. 

Mr.  Shepard  is  accommodating  and 
courteous  to  the  public,  and  is  at  all 
times  ready  to  meet  your  every  need  along 
his  line.   Don't  fail  to  see  his  line  of  granite 


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CLOUD  STATE  BANK 


and  queensware  when  needing  such  articles 
and  enjoy  trading  with  one"  of  our  most 
promising  young  business  men. 

CLOUD  STATE  BANK 

This  institution,  located  in  the  old 
Hamilton  County  Banking  building,  is 
the  strongest  banking  institution  in  the 
county,  being  capitalized  for  $50,000.00, 


JACKSON  LOCKETT 

President  Cloud  State  Bank 


whirl,,  together  with  a  stockholders' 
liability  of  $50,000.00  gives  to  its  depos- 
ltors  a  guarantee  of  $100,000.00.  This 
bank  was  organized  October  5,  1909, 
under  the  State  Banking  laws,  and  began 
business  by  taking  over  the  deposits, 
cash,  exchange  and  approved  bills  rei  i  h 
able  of  the  old  and  favorably  known 
Hamilton  County  Bank.  Every  statement 
made  has  shown  a  strong  and  healthy 
growth,  and  this  bank  bids  fair  to  outrank 
in  deposits  any  other  institution  in  the 
County  by  the  end  of  its  first  year. 

The  remarkable  showing  of  this  bank  in 
so  short  a  time  is  due  largely  to  the  per- 
sonnel of  its  officers  and  stockholders, 
it  being  the  policy  of  this  institution  to 
distribute  the  stock  among  the  country 
people,  as  well  as  the  townspeople, 
giving  to  no  one  individual  a  controlling 
interest. 

The  Cloud  State  Bank  offers  everything 
possible  to  its  customers  to  protect  their 
interests,  by  bonding  its  officers,  burglary 
insurance,  and  the  maintainance  of  an 
electrical  burglary  alarm;  the  only  one 
of  its  kind  in  the  County.  The  bank's 
customers  have  the  free  use  of  an  abso- 
lutely fire  and  burglary  proof  vault  for 
their  safety  deposit  boxes  and  valuables. 
This  bank  does  every  kind  of  banking 
business,  and  makes  loans  secured  by 
approved  personal  security  or  real  estate, 
a  large  proportion  of  its  loans  being 
secured  by  first  mortgage  on  real  estate, 
the  best  security  on  earth. 

The  Cloud  State  Bank  has  its  permanent 
home  in  the  Hamilton  County  Bank 
Building,  which  it  now  owns  and  has 
recently  remodeled  and  equipped  with 
every  modern  convenience,  making  ii 
now  one  of  the  mosl  elegant  of  its  kind 
in  Southern  Illinois. 


Its  directorate  is  composed  oi  some  of 
Hamilton  County's  best  farmers  and 
McLeansboro's  best  business  men,  giving 
i"mers  the  assurance  of  a  well 
managed  business—  and  to  the  institution 
the  advantage  of  the  combined  influence 
of  men  of  strong  business  ability.  ,  You 
will  not  find  a  better  place  to  do  your 
banking  business.  j 

The  officers  of  the  bank  are  as  follows: 
president,  Mr.  J.  S.  Lockett,  who  was  with 
the  old  Hamilton  County  Bank  for  twenty 
years  and  whose  ripe  experience,  business 
principles,  and  conservative  judgment  are 
as  safe  as  any  depositor  or  customer  could 
wish.  Mr.  Lockett  has  made  himself. 
He  is  a  splendid  business  man.  and  wishes 
to  be  used  for  the  good  of  the  county. 
The  vice-president  is  Mr.  G.  M.  Schoe- 
mann  of  the  well-known  firm  of  the  Schoe- 
mann  Brothers.  The  cashier,  a  cut  of 
whom  is  shown,  has  been  in  the  bank  for 
a  number  of  years  and  is  equipped  to 
hold    trade,    get   new    business   and    be   a 


E.  C.  KELLEY 

Cash.er  Cloud  Slate  Bank 

perfectly  efficient  officer.  The  directors 
are  Messrs.  L.  R.  Smith,  J.  S.  Lockett, 
G.  M.  Schoemann,  1.  M.  Eckley,  G.  W. 
Boyer,  J.  E.  Daily,  S.  M.  Blades,  J.  W. 
Wright  and  J.  C.  Carner.  These  men 
need  no  introduction  to  the  communitv. 

FRANK  J.  CHAPMAN 

Frank  J.  Chapman  was  born  in  Flora, 
111.,  but  since  childhood  has  been  a  resident 
of  this  city.  After  attending  our  public 
schools  he  pursued  a  higher  education 
at  Normal,  111.,  after  which  he  was  em- 
ployed in  the  Times  Printing  Office  for 
some  three  years  and  was  a  painter  for 
a  year  or  two.  For  several  years  he  was 
a  mercantile  clerk  and  after  gaining  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  this  line  of  work, 
he  began  business  for  himself,  and  for 
twenty  years  had  one  of  the  leading  and 
most  extensive  grocery  firms  in  Hamilton 
County.  In  1906  he  bought  the  hardware 
firm  of  Hyatt  &  Wilson,  and  since  that 
time  has  conducted  a  thriving  business 
in  the  Wilson  building  on  the  north  side 
of  the  public  square,   where,  with  a  full 


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POSTMASTER  F.  J.  CHAPMAN 

line  of  ware  he  still  meets  the  demands  of 
the  public. 

In  politics  he  is  a  staunch  republican 
and  has  been  elected  to  minor  offices 
by  his  party,  and  in  August,  1908,  became 
postmaster  of  McLeansboro  and  con- 
ducts to  the  satisfaction  of  all  Uncle 
Sam's  large  and  increasing  business  at 
this  place.  He  has  control  of  ten  rural 
and  two  star  routes,  which  cover  a  very 
large  portion  of  this  county.  His  congenial 
manner  and  accommodating  spirit  insure 
to  him  an  increasing  popularity.  Mr 
Chapman  is  also  a  farmer  and  fruit 
raiser,  having  a  splendid  farm  and  orchard 
east  of  the  city.  He  organized  the  fire 
department  of  McLeansboro  and  was 
chief  for  ten  years,  making  it  one  of  the 
best  departments  of  Southern   Illinois. 

He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  In  1908  he 
was  married  to  Anna  B.  Siddall,  and  with 
their  three  sons  they  live  in  their  com- 
fortable cottage  on  North  Pearl  street. 

J.  C.  CARNER 

J.  C.  Carner,  the  proprietor  of  the 
mi;  Me,  granite  and  stone  works  at 
McLeansboro,  came  to 
this  town  and  opened 
his  shop  here  in  the 
year  1881,  and  since 
that  time  has  contin- 
ued  toi  iperate  his  mon- 
umental and  building 
stone  works.  He  points 
with  pride  to  the  large 
number  of  fine  monu- 
ments he  has  set  in  the 
cemeteries  in  Hamil- 
ton and  adjoining  coun - 
ties.  His  thirty-three 
years  of  experience  in 
.  this  one  line  together 
'with  his  determina- 
te hi  to  use  the  best 
material  at  a  very  reasonable  price, 
and  to  please  his  every  customer,  has 
certainly  built  a  large  trade  for  him,  and 
he  enjoys  the  distinction  of  having  a 
host  of  satisfied  customers,  who  do  not 
hesitate1  .'to  recommend  his  work.    . 


The  stone  work  of  the  Baptist  and 
Methodist  church  buildings  of  McLeans- 
boro, 111.,  the  Township  High  School  at 
Harrisburg,  111.,  and  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Shawneetown,  111.,  was  done 
by  Mr.  Carner,  and  each  is  a  standing 
advertisement  of  his  good  work. 

His  business  methods  are  simple;  you 
give  him  an  equal  chance  with  competitors, 
and  he  will  do  your  work.  If  you  will 
go  to  his  shop,  see  his  work  and  learn  his 
prices,  you  will  then  understand  why  he 
has  built  up  such  a  successful  business 
covering  such  a  large  territory.  Before 
placing  any  orders  in  his  line  it  will  pay 
you  to  go  to  his  shop,  see  his  work  and 
get  his  prices. 

J.  W.  EPPERSON 

Mr.  J.  W.  Epperson  has  been  in  bu  ini 
in  the  city  for  the  last  eight  years.  While 
his  home  is  in  Hoodville,  where  he  owns 
a  nice  farm  of  95  acres,  yet  every  morning 
at  9  o'clock  he  is  found  in  his  office  ready 
to  do  business.  He  is  in  the  hay  and  grain 
business.  Deals  in  carload  lots  and  ships 
to  the  southeast.  He  deals  in  hay  of  all 
kinds,  oats,  corn  and  sunflower  seed. 
He  buys  directly  from  the  farmers  and 
through  agents.  Thus  he  is  able  to  supply 
the  demand  for  his  commodity  by  the 
dealers  and  feeders  of  the  south al  all  times. 


for  n -.elf,  and  lias  worked  up  a  nice  trade, 
all  it  can  do.  Mr.  Charles  Sturman  is 
the  managing  head  of  the  business.  He 
has  had  twenty  years  experience  to  give 
to  his  trade,  and  brings  with  it  a  knowl- 
edge that  is  invaluable. 

The  firm  dues  all  kinds  of  repair  work 
in  its  line,  going  out  of  the  way  to  accom- 
modate its  customers  and  showing  that  its 
work  can  scarcely  be  duplicated  in  this 
section.  The  firm  is  in  the  market  for 
contract    work    in    tinning,   plumbing    or 


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J.  W.  EPPERSON 

Mr.  Epperson  is  one  of  the  county's 
own  best  men  of  the  younger  business 
set.  With  him  is  associated  in  some  lines 
of  his  trade  Mr.  O.  P.  Harper.  They 
office  together  and  present  a  strong  firm, 
doing  close  to  $40,000  worth  of  business 
a  year. 

The  face  of  Mr.  Epperson  here  portrayed 
brings  with  it  reliability,  uprightness  and 
that  perfect  respect  for  what  is  right  in 
a  trade  that  guarantees  satisfaction.  He 
is  married  and  has  two  children  and  resides 
in  his  own  property  on  his  place  at  Hood- 
ville. He  is  a  splendid  gentleman,  well 
equipped  for  business,  a  member  of  the 
lodge  of  Modern  Woodmen,  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Methodist  church  and  a 
fraternal,  likable,  genial  man. 


heating,   guaranteeing   satisfaction.      Mr. 
Sturman  good  as  his  bond. 

He  seeks  In  please. 

They  also  put  in  bath  outfits  with 
individual  reservoir  to  suit  the  house. 
They  sell  a  line  of  boilers,  a  cut  of  which 
is  shown.  Mr.  Sturman  asks  the  people 
to  consider  him,  when  thinking  of  tin 
shop  work.  You  will  find  him  "on  the 
square,"  and  ready  to  do  business.  Try 
him  and  be  convinced. 

Mr.  Sturman  owns  a  nice  home  in  the 
west  part  of  the  city.  He  is  doing  what 
every  good  citizen  should  to  build  up  the 
town.  He  is  now  enjoying  the  fruits  of 
industry,  toil  and  individual  responsibility 
thai  come  to  those  who  succeed.  We  hope 
he   lives   long   and    prospers   still   further. 

JOHN  ZACHMAN 
Every  life  must  lie  trained  to  its  work. 
|<  ilm  Zachman  wa  -  on  a  Earm  near 

Belle  City,  and  educated  in  the  Parochial 


STURMAN  BROTHERS 

The  Sturman  Brothers  have  a  tin  shop, 
plumbing,  heating  and  repair  shop  on 
the  east  side  of  the  square.  The  firm  has 
been    in   business   now   about   two   years 


JOHN  ZACHMAN 


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Schools  of  Piopolis.  Coming  as  a  lad  to 
McLeansboro,  he  entered  the  harness 
shop  of  Mr.  John  E.  Aydt  in  1889  and 
began  work.  He  was  promoted  and 
advanced  in  salary  until  he  learned  the 
trade.  For  eighteen  years  he  worked  fin- 
Mr.  Aydt,  then  he  bought  him  out  and 
succeeded  to  the  business. 

With  his  experience,  he  now  presents, 
after  twenty  years,  a  harness  shop  that 
is  unsurpassed  in  this  end  of  the  State. 
He  has  constantly  on  hand  a  large  stock 
of  harness,  saddles,  collars,  bridles,  whips, 
cushions  and  harness  hardware,  and  in 
the  upper  wareroom  are  to  be  found 
buggies  and  carriages  of  all  kinds,  which 
are  displayed  at  a  moment's  notice  for 
the  benefit  of  the  customer.  He  also 
sells  Dr.  Hess'diigh  grade  stock  and  poultry 
food,  Stringing  Light  axle  grease,  Diamond 
Edge  pocket  knives,  pocced  books  and 
gloves.  *'i         ■<-,    -^»         fe- 

He  manufacturers  his  own  harness, 
does  first  class  repairing  and  any  kind  of 
special  work  that  is  required.  His  head- 
workman,  Mr.  C.  H.  Kimball,  who  has 
been  with  him  for  quite  awhile,  is  the 
best  in  Southern  Illinois.  They  turn  out 
Zachman's  high  grade  harness — none 
better.  Those  who  wish  goods  in  his  line 
should  see  him  first  for  he  knows  the  trade. 
He  also  knows  what  can  be  given  for  the 
least  money  to  thejcustomer.  Try  John:  ie 
Zachman's  for  harness. 


when  he  sold  the  paper  to  M.  E.  Daniels; 
was  elected  to  the  Illinois  house  of  rep- 
resentatives in  1884  and  1886;  advanced 
to  the  Senate  in  1888  and  re-elected  in 
1892.  He  was  elected  to  the  Fifty-fifth 
Congress  of  the  United  States  in  1896, 
and  served  in  the  call  session  of  1897 
and  ihe  regular  session  of  1896-98.  When 
war  was  declared  with  Spain  in  1898, 
lie  resigned  his  seat  in  Congress  and  raised 
a  regiment  from  his,  the  twentieth  con- 
gressional district  (the  famous  Ninth 
Illinois),  and  was  commissioned  as  Colonel 
and  served  with  his  regiment  in  Cuba 
until  the  close  of  the  Spanish-American 
War.  When  mustered  out  in  May,  1899, 
he  again  tendered  his  services  to  his 
country  and  was  commissioned  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  of  the  Thirtieth  United  States 
volunteer  infantry,  and  was  later  advanced 
to  Brigadier-General,  which  position  he 
held  to  the  close  of  the  war. 


General  Campbell  has  at  all  times  been 
cue  of  our  most  public  spirited  men,  and 
takes  a  keen  interest  in  everything  that 
pertains  to  the  public  welfare  and  the 
advancement  of  our  city  and  county. 
After  returning  fron  his  services  in  the 
oigan:zed  the  first  incorporated  bank  in 
Philippine  Islands,  in  April,  1903,  he 
Hamilton  County,  the  First  National  of 
McLeansboro,  with  a  capital  of  $25,000, 
and  the  surplus  at  present  is  SI  1 1,0011. 
From  the  beginning  Val  B.  Campbell 
has  been  the  cashier.  After  attending  the 
public  schools  of  our  city  he  then  at- 
tended Ewing  College  and  later  secured 
the  entire  time  of  Prof.  Julius  L.  Frohock 
as  private  teacher,  and  made  rapid  progress 
in  tlie  higher  branches  of  study,  after 
which  he  was  a  student  at  West  Point, 
the  United  States  military  school.  After 
returning  from  school  he  was  in  charge 
of  his  father's  extensive  farms  in  this 
county  until  the  bank  was  organized,  at 
which  time  he  took  charge  as  cashier. 
He  is  kind,  pleasant  and  obliging  to  his 
customers,  none  receiving  more  courteous 
sendee  than  do  they,  until  this  bank  has 
become  the  leading  financial  institution 
of  this  county.  The  citizens  of  Hamilton 
County  are  under  great  obligations  to 
this  institution,  for  by  it  the  rate  of 
interest  was  brought  down  to  7  per  cent 
and  from  the  first  they  have  never  made  a' 
loan  at  a  usury  rate  of  interest,  and  are 
paying  the  unusually  high  rate  of  4  per 
cent  for  time  deposits.  These  things 
have  gained  for  this  institution  a  leading 
position  among  the  banking  houses  of 
this  part  of  Illinois.  Present  officers  are: 
president,  Gen.  James  R.  Campbell; 
vice-president,  Hon.  J.  H.  Lane;  cashier, 
Val  B.  Campbell;  teller,  Dan  P.  Camp- 
bell; bookkeeper,  Frank  Dale;  directors, 
Hon.  I.  H.  Webb.  Gen.  Jas.  R.  Campbell, 
Hon.  J.  H.  Lane,  Val  B.  Campbell  and 
R.  R.  Benson. 

In  1887  General  Campbell  bought 
interest  in  the  then  McLeansboro  Consol- 
idated Milling  Company,  and  since  that 
time  has  become  sole  proprietor  of  the 
same,  and  on  this  page  you  see  a  likeness 
of  the  McLeansboro  branch  of  the  present 
company.   In  February,  1908,  the  Genera. 


FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  AND  CAMP- 
BELL MILLING  COMPANY 
We  feel  we  cannot  give  an  adequate 
account  of  the  firms  represented  by  the 
pictures  on  this  page  without  first  giving 
a  short  account  of  the  life  of  General 
James  R.  Campbell,  sole  owner  of  the 
Milling  Company  and  organizer,  president 
and  principal  stockholder  i>f  the  First 
National  Bank.  He  was  born  in  Hamilton 
County,  111.,  May  4,  1853,  and  his  an- 
were  among  the  first  settler-  of 
Illinois.  He  u.i  educated  at  Notre  Dame, 
Ind.,  read  law  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois 
in  1877.  In  1878  he  purcha  ed  the  McLeans- 
boro  Times   which    he   edited    until    1898, 


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T.  B.  WRIGHT  &  SON'S  LUMBER  YARD 


purchased  the  H.  Speere  Milling  Com- 
pany of  Carmi  and  united  the  two  under 
the  present  name,  the  Campbell  Milling 
Company.  The  local  mill  has  recently 
been  overhauled  and  modern  improvements 
installed,  until  there  is  no  better  equipped 
mill  anywhere.  Many  conveniences,  such 
as  a  dump  for  wheat  and  corn,  etc.,  have 
have  been  added  until  recently  they  have 
bought  of  our  local  farmers  as  much  as 
o.OOO  bushels  of  wheat  per  day  and  handled 
it  with  great  dispatch,  none  being  compel- 
led to  wait  for  service  any  length  of  time. 
The  capacity  of  the  two  mills  is  300 
barrels  of  flour  per  day,  and  the  storage 
capacity  is  90,000  bushels.  Such  is  the 
grade  of  flour  produced  by  this  company 
that  General  Campbell  keeps  a  representa- 
tive in  the  south  constanttly  selling  on 
the  markets  where  none  but  the  best 
will  be  accepted,  and  for  a  large  part  of 
the  year  the  mills  are  compelled  to  run 
twenty-four  hours  per  day  in  order  to 
supply  the  demand.  When  you  have  grain 
to  sell,  don't  fail  to  call  at  the  local  mill, 
where  you  will  receive  prompt  and  cour- 
teous attention  and  the  best  of  prices 
for  your  grain.  The  officers  of  the  Camp- 
bell Milling  Company  are:  president, 
General  James  R.  Campbell,  secretary 
and  treasurer,  Val  B.  Campbell:  superin- 
tendent at  McLeansboro,  John  Dale,  and 
at  Carmi,  R.  R.  Benson. 


yards  at  Carmi  and  Mt.  Carmel,  this 
state. 

The  firm  as  it  is  now  run  has  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  complete  stocks  in 
Southern  Illinois,  doing  business  from 
Danville  to  Cairo,  and  from  East  St. 
Louis  to  Evansville.  Its  buildings  for 
lumber  alone  cover  almost  a  solid  block 
if  placed  together  and  under  one  roof. 
It  is  rated  bv  Dunn  and  Bradstreet  at 
$200,000. 

The  views  shown  here  represent  the 
retail  and  wholesale  departments,  and 
give  only  a  partial  view  of  the  buildings. 
To  see  them  in  full  would  require  several 
pages  for  the  display.  They  are  variously 
situated  for  ingress  and  egress.  Any  one 
wishing   a   bill   of   lumber   simply   has   to 


m  licate  it  and  they  get  it  for  him  without 
i  moment's  notice,  so  thoroughly  is  the 
greal    St  >ci  sy  sterna  ized. 

The  firm  has  the  reputation  of  doing 
business  "on  the  square,"  and  its  ability 
to  handle  a  large  or  small  order  in  the 
shortest  time  possible  is  proverbial.  If 
you  order  from  Wright's  you  get  it  at 
once,  is  the  saying  around  town  and 
ere.  The  firm  handles  everything 
in  the  lumber  line,  and  some  extras, 
making  specialties  out  of  paints,  alabastine 
colorings  and  high  grade  varnishes.  It 
handles  the  famous  B.  P.  S.  Brand,  which 
leads  in  this  market,  as  more  than 
4,300  gallons  were  disposed  of  in  the 
year  UI06,  making  a  record  for  the  State 
in  the  paint  line  by  this  firm,  that  docs 
business  like  that. 

The  firm  gets  its  lumber  from  various 
parts  of  the  world.  White  pine  from 
Canada  and  Wisconsin,  white  cedar  from 
Michigan,  red  cedar  from  Oregon  and 
Washington,  red  wood  from  California, 
yellow  pine  from  Arkansas,  Mississippi 
and  Texas,  popla-  from  Virginia  and 
Tennessee  and  cypress  from  Louisiana. 
It  handles  a  large  and  complex  variety 
of  all  grades,  lengths  ami  kinds  of  lumber, 
besides  laths,  shingles,  sash  doors  and 
blinds,  lime,  cement  and  stucco.  It 
supplies  short  orders  promptly. 


H.  C.  VISE    MERCANTILE   COMPANY 

(Incorporated) 

MACEDONIA,  ILLINOIS 

Macedonia  is  situated  on  the  county 
line  between  Hamilton  and  Franklin 
Counties,  about  half  way  between  McLea 
McLeansboro  and  Benton.  It  has  four 
hundred  inhabitants,  two  churches,  a 
graded  school  and  a  roller  flouring  mill. 
It  is  beautifully  located  on  a  high  hill 
with  a  rare  valley  of  rich  land  all  around 
it.  The  principal  products  of  the  farms 
are  wheat,  corn,  oats,  sunflower  seed, 
clover,  hay  and  fruits  of  all  kinds.  The 
farming   land   is    worth    from    $40.00    to 


T.  B.  WRIGHT  &  SON 


WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  LUMBER 
MERCHANTS 

H'The  firm  of  T.  B.  Wright  &  Son  began 
in  business  with  Wright  &  Daily,  and  was 
succeeded  by  T.  B.  Wright  himself. 
Then  in  1888,  the  present  firm  was  estab- 
lished by  taking  in  his  son,  J.  W.  Wright. 
Will  (as  he  is  familiarly  known),  who  has 
been  the  life  of  the  firm.  At  various  times 
branch  yards  have  grown  out  of  this 
business  but  now  the  firm  is  limited  to 
its  home  yards,  having  disposed    of    the 


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under  the  Cleveland  administration,  and 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1892,  but  on  acci  iun1 

of  his  commercial  aliairs  has  not  practiced 
thus  far.  So  to  resume,  the  business  was 
conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  H.  C. 
Vise  &  Company  from  1885  to  1892, 
when  it  was  incorporated.  The  stock  is 
owned  by  H.  C.  Vise  and  his  immediate 
family. 

The  sales  of  the  last  year  reached  the 
enormous  sum  of  $100,000.  The  present 
business  is  carried  on  in  three  large  two 
story  buildings,  with  warehouses  adjoin- 
ing. In  these  buildings  are  displayed 
a  mammoth  stock  of  goods,  consisting 
of  dry  goods,  clothing,  shoes,  hats,  mil- 
linen',  gent's  and  ladies'  furnishing  goods, 
ladies'  ready  made  suits  and  cloaks, 
hardware,  groceries,  implements  and  a 
full  line  of  funeral  supplies,  a  hearse 
furnished  free  with  caskets,  funerals 
having  the  personal  attention  of  J.  H. 
Vise,  vice-president  of  the  firm. 

The  firm  pays  great  attention  to  pro- 
duce, buying  large  quantities  of  poultry, 
$75.00  an  acre,  according  to  improvments.  I  It  is  well  to  say   Hon.   H.  C.    Vise    was   eggs,    dried    fruits,    sunflower    seed,    red 
The  community   is  entirely  made  up  of    educated  at  Ewing  College,  studied  law    top,  wool,  etc.,  paying  in  cash  or  goods  at 


H.  C.  VISE  MERCANTILE  CO.— 1865 


white  people.  The  farmers  are  enterprising, 
energetic  and  prosperous. 

BANK  OF  MACEDONIA 

It  was  organized  in  Mav,  1907,  with 
H.  C.  Vise,  president;  Dr.  J.  T.  Hunt 
vice-president,  and  J.  H.  Miller,  cashier, 
and  with  a  capital  of  $0,500  began  business. 

The  growth  of  this  little  bank  has  been 
wonderful.  Since  its  organization  to  the 
present  time  the  capital  stock  has  been 
increased  to  $8,000,  with  a  surplus  and 
undivided  profits  of  $3,500,  and  deposits 
to  the  amount  of  $75,000.  The  stock- 
holders have  been  paid  10  per  cent  per 
annum  on  its  stock.  The  present  value  of 
its  stock,  if  any  could  be  bought,  would 
be  $2.00.  This  bank  is  individually 
responsible  for  more  than  $300,000. 
The  bank  carries  insurance  against  day- 
light hold-ups  and  night  burglaries. 
It  does  a  general  banking  business  and  is 
at  all  times  open  to  the  public.  The  names 
of  its  officers  are  as  given  above,  the 
directors  being  H.  C.  Vise,  J.  T.  Hunt, 
E.  T.  Dale,  W.  W.  McFall  and  J.  B. 
McGuyer;  and  the  stockholders:  J.  T. 
Hunt,  H.  C.  Vise,  E.  T.  Dale,  W.  W. 
McFall,  N.  T.  Page,  J.  T.  Chenault, 
C.  A.  Johnson,  J.  B.  McGuyer,  W.  S. 
Moss  and  S.  L.  Moore. 


the  highest  market  prices. 

Out  of  the  little  business  established  in 
1865,  in  addition  to  the  H.  C.  Vise  Mercan- 
tile Company,  there  has  developed,  first, 
the  Akin- Mercantile  Company  of  Akin, 
111.,  which  does  a  very  extensive  business 
in  general  merchandising;  then  the  Flint 
Mercantile  Company,  also  the  J.  H.  Vise 
&  Company  of  Frisco,  and  the  Farmers, 
Exchange  Bank  of  Akin. 

Because  of  the  energy,  activity  and 
success  in  the  management  of  the  firm 
it  has  turned  out  some  of  the  best  business 
men  in  that  part  of  Hamilton  County. 
They  came  in  from  the  farm,  remained 
with  the  firm  for  a  number  years  and  are 
now  commanding  good  salaries  in  other 
lines.  Space  will  only  permit  the  names  of 
a  few  to  be  mentioned.  J.  H.  Miller, 
cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Macedonia;  J.  B. 
McGuyer,  cashier  of  the  Farmers'  Exchange 
Bank  of  Akin;  J.  W.  Johnson,  traveling 
salesman  for  Schudder-Gale  Grocery  Com- 
pany, St.  Louis;  Dr.  Hosea  A  Vise, 
ELDERHOSEA  VISE  practitioner   of   medicine   and   surgery  at 

H.  C.  VISE  MERCANTILE  COMPANY    at  Benton  under  Judge  1 ».  M.  Browning    Benton    and  B.  L.  Lee.  manager  of  the 
The  H.C.  Vise  Mercantile  Company  has  ,  "ho  was  commissioner  of   Indian   afia.rs  1  Akin  Mercantile  Companv. 

a  capital  of  $20,000,  its  directors  being 

H.  C.  Vise,  J.   H.  Vise  and  Eller  Vise. 

The   above   named   business    was   begun 

in  1865  by  Elder  Hosea  Vise,  whose  pic- 
ture is  shown  on  this  page.     He  came  to 

Illinois    in    1831    from    South    Carolina. 

He  preached  the  gospel  for  over  fifty  years, 

established   many   Baptist   churches   and 

held  many  positions  of  trust.    He  assisted 

in  the  organization  of  Franklin  Association 

and   was   its   moderator   for   thirty-eight 

years.     Being  a  minister  he  did  not  give 

a   great   deal   of   attention    to   his   small 

store,  but  kept  his  doors  open  and  trans- 
acted business  on  a  light  scale  until  about 

the  year  1872,  when  H.  C.  Vise,  his  grand- 
son, and  now  the  president  of  the  H.  C. 

Vise  Mercantile  Company  was  taken  in 

as  a  partner.   From  that  date  the  business 

began  to  grow.     It  was  conducted  under 

the  firm  name  of  H.  &.   II  C.  Vise  until 

about    1885,    when     Elder    Vise    retired.  H.  C.  VICE  MERCANTILE  COMPANY 


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shirt  waists,  skirts,  underwear,  etc., 
besides  she  has  a  complete  stock  of  ladies, 
misses'  and  children's  shoes;  she  can 
supply  the  latest  styles  of  hats  in  the  season 
ii  the  very  lowest  rates,  being  prepared 
at  all  times  to  take  special  orders;  she 
keeps  a  regular  cloak  department,  where 
anyone  can  be  suited  in  style,  grade  and 
price.  Ladies  who  want  the  latest  in 
styles  will  call  on  Mrs.  Lee.  Her  clerks 
are  always  anxious  to  show  goods,  her 
prices  are  right,  and  she  is  always  supplied 
with  the  very  thing  needed.  Ask  for  it 
and  get  it. 

Mrs.  Lee  is  the  daughter  of  Wm. 
Fisher,  of  Macedonia,  111.,  one  of  the  best 
men  in  the  country.  She  has  been  married 
and  has  two  children.  Her  husband  dying, 
this  method  of  making  her  way  appealed 
to  her,  and  now  she  has  every  reason  to 
feel  thankful  for  the  support  given  her. 
She  lives  on  North  Washington  street  and 
is  one  of  the  town's  most  successful 
people.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
church.  Her  life  is  worthy  of  the  highest 
commendatii  in. 


THE  HUB— OTTIS  W.  McNABB.  Propricto 


OTTIS  W.   McNABB 

This^  sketch  has  for  its  subject  the  owner 
and  (manager  of  the  store  on  the  west 
side  known  as  The  Hub.  He  is  the  son 
of  P.  L.  McNabb,  one  of  the  early  residents 
of  the  city,  and  its  first  mayor.  He  grew 
up  to  young  manhood  among  the  people 
here.  He  took  the  school  course  and 
went  to  work  for  Judge  T.  B.  Stelle 
about  twenty  years  ago.  He  remained 
with  the  stores  run  by  the  Judge  fo- 
thirteen  years  and  set  up  in  business  for 
himself,  at  the  stand  now  occupied,  for 
years.  He  was  married  in  1903, 
to). Miss  Eva  Martin,  and  they  live  in  a 
nice  home  on  South  Washington  street. 
Their  only  child,  Richard,  is  now  five 
years  of  age,  and  is  the  delight  of  his 
parents. 

The  Hub  Clothing  Store  looks  the  part 
that  one  must  see  in  a  business  today. 
The  contents  of  the  store  are  new.  The 
goods  are  nicely  displayed  for  immediate 
inspection.  The  time  that  is  sometimes 
taken  to  find  what  is  desired  is  given  to 
selling  it  instead.  This  makes  success. 
Mr.  McNabb  meets  his  friends  with  a 
fine  shake  of  the  hand,  greets  them  with 
that  cordiality  so  much  neglected,  sends 
them  away  with  the  same  greeting  and 
invites  them  back  again.  He  is  courtesv 
itself. 

The  Hub  is  doing  a  large  business.  The 
store  handles  everything  that  the  public 
wants.  It  is  everywhere  buying  suitable 
stock  for  its  sales,  which  increase  daily. 
Mr.  McNabb  has  recently  installed  a  new 
system  of  lighting  his  storeroom,  also  it 
has  been  retouched  inside  and  out  with 
paint.  With  this,  and  his  beautifully 
decorated  windows,  his  accommodating 
clerks,  his  good  goods,  his  advanced 
styles  to  suit  the  seasons  as  they  come  and 
go,  The  Hub  and  its  proprietor  stand  ready 
to  furnish  up-to-date  clothing  at  reasonable 
rates  to  anyone  that  wishes  to  buy. 


location  now  since  1907,  and  lias  increased 
her  business  with  each  succeeding  year. 
She  came  here  with  the  purpose  of  having 
the  town  people  and  the  surrounding 
section  of  country  support  a  first  class 
furnishing  store  for  ladies.  She  has  built 
up  her  trade  by  supplying  it  with  up-to- 
date  goods  at  very  reasonable  rates. 
Now  she  can  say  that  the  prople  have 
responded  to  her  plans  and  have  appre- 
ciated her  efforts.  They  are  coming  in 
ever  increasing  numbers  to  her  handsome 
store,  a  view  of  which  is  displayed  here- 
with. One  must  see  it,  however,  to  know 
what  such  a  store  means  to  the  place, 
the  community,  and  to  buyers  who  have 
hitherto  gone  to  the  cities  to  spend  their 
best  money. 

Mrs.  Lee  is  a  very  exquisite,  charming 
and  conciliatory  storekeeper,  and  can 
hold  her  trade  when  once  she  gets  it, 
as  she  knows  what  will  please.  It  is  this 
art  that  has  made  her  successful.  She 
carries  a  nice  line  of  ready-to-wear  dresses, 


S.  M.  BLADES 

Mi.  S.  M.  Blades,  one.  of  our  most 
energetic  and  successful  merchants,  was 
born  in  McLeansboro,  March  22,  1804. 
For  thirty  years  he  has  been  engaged  in 
business  in  this,  his  home  town.  At  first 
he  set  up  in  the  jewelry  business  on  the 
cast  side,  handling  musical  instruments 
as  a  side  line,  and  was  very  successful  in 
(heir  stile.  As  business  increased  he  changed 
his  location  to  the  wesl  side,  then  to  the 
Wilson  Block  where  his  stiles  continued 
to  increase.  His  first  class  music  store 
was  the  talk  of  the  county,  and  even  yet 
his  sales  in  all  kinds  of  musical  instruments, 
especially  organs  and  pianos,  are  enormous. 

In  190.3  he  started  what  is  termed  "The 
Blades  Stores."  They  are  located  on  the 
southeast  corner  of  the  square,  in  a  com- 
ma ml  mg  situation,  and  his  trade  has  grown 
to  be  one  of  the  best  in  the  county.  He 
carries  a  full  line  of  dry  goods  and  the 
latest  pat  terns  and  styles  of  dress  goods. 
He  also  handles  the  famous  Hamilton 
Brown  shoes,  which  are  noted  for  their 
style  and  lasting  qualities.     He  has  a  full 


MRS.  E.  M.  LEE 

The  Ladies'  Furnishing  Store  on  the 
south  side  of  the  square  has  the  distinc- 
tion of  being  the  only  one  of  its  kind  in 
the  town.  Mrs.  Lee  has  been  in  her  present 


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S.  M.  BLADES 

line  of  ladies  furnishings  at  all  prices, 
a  millinery  department  that  is  scarcely 
to  be  excelled,  and  to  complete  his  stock 
he  carries  a  full  line  of  fresh  and  edible 
groi  i  us.  He  also  has  in  stock  a  full  line 
of  the  best  known  musical  instruments 
and  places  them  in  the  homes  of  the  people 
for  less  prices  than  other  dealers.  Any  one 
thinking  of  purchasing  an  instrument  will 
find  it  to  their  interest  to  correspond 
witli  Mr.  Blades,  as  he  buys  direct  from 
the  manufacturer,  thus  saving  the  middle 
man's  profits. 

Mr.  Blades  was  married  to  Miss  Clara 
N.  Harris,  the  only  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  B.  Harris,  January  1,  1889.  ami  live 
in  their  cozy  home  on  East  Market 
street  with  their  two  children,  Fred  and 
Irene, 


educatii  in  in  l  lie  1 1  immon  schi  ■•  'Is  oi  t  he 
county  and  worked  his  way  to  the  business 
he  now  occupies. 

He  began  his  watch  making  career  in 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  with  the  St.  Louis  Watch 
Making  School,  of  which  he  is  a  full 
graduate.  After  receiving  his  diploma 
he  settled  in  business  at  McLeansboro 
with  a  small  stock.  He  has  added  to  it 
until  now  he  can  supply  the  trade  with 
the  goods  they  demand.  He  is  prepared 
to  do  up-to-date  work  in  all  departments 
of  the  jewelry  business.  His  repair  work 
is  first  class.  At  all  times  he  keeps  in 
stock  watches,  clocks,  rings,  bracelets, 
chains  of  all  kinds,  lockets,  cut  glass, 
hand-painted  china,  silver  ware,  toilet 
articles,  musical  instruments,  grapho- 
phones,  and  besides  puts  special  stress  on 
fitting  glasses,  being  a  graduate  optician. 

He  gives  his  undivided  attention  to  the 
business,  and  will  be  pleased  to  have 
those  wishing  ahvthin?  in  his  line  call 
and  inspect  his  goods  and  methods  before 
going  elsewhere. 


BERT  M.  ECHOLS 

Mr.  Bert  M.  Echols  came  to  town  in 
April,  1907,  opening  a  jewelry  and  optical 
business  at  Wiseman's  old  stand  on  the 
north  side.  He  has  been  building  up  a 
nice  trade  and  now  gets  his  share  of  the 
business  in  his  line.  Mr.  Echols  was 
born  and  reared  in  the  Blooming  Grove 
neighborhood  on  a  farm  and  is  now 
thirty    years    of   age.       He    received    his 


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£k 

what  is  the  working  price  of  his  material-. 
He  is  in  the  business  to  supply  the  demand 
for  his  trade  and  has  been  eminently 
successful  thus  far.  In  fact,  the  firm  has 
done  as  high  as  $40,000  worth  of  business 
in  a  season,  making  it  prominent  above 
that  of  any  other  in  its  line  in  this  section. 
The  firm  is  composed  of  W.  L.  Harper 
also,  as  well  as  doing  some  business  in 
connection  with  J.  W.  Epperson,  whose 
biography  appears  elsewhere.  W.  L.  is 
a  silent  partner,  however,  as  O.  P.  does 
all  the  management  of  the  business. 
We  are  pleased  to  give  the  cut  of  Mr. 
O.  P.  Harper  with  this  write-up.  Busi- 
ness men  everywhere  will  do  well  to  con- 
sider him,  when  wanting  anything  in  the 
wholesale  hay  and  grain  line. 


SCHOEMANN  BROTHERS 

Samson  M.  and  Gustav  M.  Schoemann. 
whose  store  stands  out  in  bold  relief  at  the 


O.  P.  HARPER 

The  face  that  is  seen  at  the  head  of 
this  article  has  been  a  resident  of  McLeans- 
boro for  eight  years,  coming  here  in  the 


BERT  M.  ECHOLS 


O.  P.  HARPER 

fall  of  1902.  He  was  brought  up  in  the 
Ten  Mile  neighborhood  in  this  county, 
and  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  home 
district.  He  is  married  and  has  a  family 
of  three  children.  Belongs  to  the  Baptist 
church,  and  is  a  splendid  type  of  a  man, 
honest,  upright  and  very  successful. 

He  is  in  the  hay  and  grain  business. 
He  deals  in  hay,  oats,  corn  and  sunflower 
seed,  and  sometimes,  in  wheat.  He  is 
a  wholesaler  exclusively,  buying  direct 
from  farmers  and  through  agents  and 
shipping  to  the  southeastern  markets. 
His  office  in  the  west  part  of  the  town  is 
up-to-date.  He  has  connections  with  the 
markets  by  telephone,  and  buys  and 
sells  on  the  spot.  He  is  one  of  the  younger 
business  men,  but  is  thoroughly  competent 
and  tried  in  the  line  he  handles,  and  knows 


SAM  M.  SCHOEMANN 

head  of  this  article  (and  whose  familiar 
faces  will  be  found  elsewhere),  are  two  of 
our  most  respected  and  aggressive  citizens. 

In  the  year  1870  Moses  Schoemann, 
the  father  of  these  young  men,  came 
from  Nashville,  111.,  to  McLeansboro 
for  the  purpose  of  seeking  a  new  home, 
ami  with  that  intuitive  foresight  char- 
acteristic of  his  race,  he  saw  the  future 
possibilities  of  the  town  and  decided  to 
locate.  How  well  he  reckoned  subsequent 
events  prove. 

Having  made  this  decision  he  soon 
established  himself  in  business,  and  by- 
ceaseless  energy  and  strict  attention  to 
the  small  details  we  find  him  in  a  few 
years  placing  the  affairs  in  the  hands 
of  his  two  boys,  while  he  retires  from 
active  business,  and  with  his  wife  re- 
moves to  St.  Louis  to  enjoy  a  well-earned 
rest  in  his  declining  years. 

As  before  stated  this  house  is  the 
pioneer  house  of  McLeansboro.  Year 
by  year  it  has  grown  step  by  step  until 
now7  it  is  literally  packed  with  sufficient 
goods  to  cloth  nearly  every  man  and 
boy  in  the  city.  Their  stock  is  fresh  and 
complete.  "No  old  goods"  is  their  motto, 
and  with  a  determination  to  handle  none 
but  the  best,  a  bright  future  awaits  them. 

In  addition  to  clothing  they  carry  a 
full   line   of  gents'   furnishing   goods,   un- 


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GUSTAV  M.  SCHOEMANN 

derwear.  children's  clothing,  hats,  caps, 
shoes,  trunks,  valises,  besides  the  nob- 
biest ties  and  collars  and  cuffs. 

These  young  men  received  their  educa- 
tion here  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
city,  after  which  they  went  behind  the 
counter  in  their  father's  store,  and  thus 
literally  grew  up  with  the  business,  and 
when  the  old  gentleman  decided  to 
retire  the  boys  were  ready  to  take  hold 
and    carry    on    the    business    themselves. 

On  November  13,  1895,  Samson  M. 
Schoemann  was  married  to  Miss  Ida 
Frankenthal  of  St.  Louis,  and  now  their 
little  child  Gladys  is  a  welcome  addition 
to  their  home.  On  March  14,  1899,  we 
find  Gustav  M.  Schoemann  married  to 
Miss  Elsa  Frankenthal,  a  younger  sister. 
thus  the  two  brothers  and  the  two  sisters 
have  become  doubly  united. 

The  Messrs.  Schoemann  are  both  past 
masters  of  Polk  lodge  No.  137,  A.  F.,  and 
A.  M.  and  Samson  M.  is  now  serving 
his  third  term  as  worshipful  master  and 
holds  a  commission  as  deputy  grand 
lecturer.  They  are  both  members  of 
the  Royal  Arch  chapter  and  belong  to 
Schaare   Emeth   Temple   of   St.    Louis. 

Our  citizens  are  glad  to  witness  their 
success,  for  such  young  men  as  the 
Schoemann  Bros,  are  valuable  aids  in 
building  up  a  community. 

Since  the  going  of  Samson  M.  and  family 
to  St.  Louis,  in  1909,  the  business  hi 
run  by  Gustav  M.  To  Iris  family  there 
has  been  added  two  bright  boys.  He  has 
also  been  made  vice-president  of  the  new 
Cloud  State  Bank,  of  which  the  firm  is  a 
large  stockholder. 


all  times  open  to  do  what  he  can  to 
the  interests  of  the  town.  The 
work  he  is  nowdoing  speaks  for  itself. 

Walk  into  his  store  day  or  night  and  you 
are  immediately  arrested  by  the  artistic 
display  that  greets  your  eye.  It  is  a  store 
to  be  proud  of,  and  one  that  is  doing 
the  business.  His  very  affable  clerk, 
Mr.  Charles  Whittaker,  is  ready  at  all 
times  to  sell  goods. 

He  is  in  the  market  at  all  times  to  pay 
cash  or  merchandise  for  all  kinds  of  farm 
produce,  and  he  gives  in  exchange  up-to- 
date  goods  at  reasonable  figures.  Mosl 
assuredly  he  is  in  the  habit  of  treating 
everybody  right,  for  he  could  not  hold 
his  present  increasing  trade  and  do  other- 
wise. 

Mr.  Stelle  runs,  in  connection  with  his 
grocery,  an  up-to-date  meat  shop  on  the 
southwest  corner  of  the  square,  where 
he  has  in  cold  storage  the  choicest  meats 
in  season.  He  raises,  feeds  and  fattens 
his  meat  on  his  farm  near  town,  and 
guarantees  its  absolute  wholesomeness. 
purity  and  freedom  from  disease  of  all 
kinds.  His  cattle  are  the  famous  Herefords. 

He  wishes  all  friends  everywhere  to 
give  him  a  call.  He  can  show  his  customers 
every  hit  of  consideration  that  any  one 
can.  We  predict  for  him  a  prosperous 
and  a  happy  future. 


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FRANK  PORTER,  CIRCUIT  CLERK 

The  present  circuit  clerk,  whose  face 
is  shown  in  this  connection,  has  been  in 
office  now  two  years  in  December.  He 
has  been  favored  with  many  compliments 
about  his  up-to-date  management  of  the 
office  and  its  long  list  of  patrons  who 
seem  well  satisfied  with  his  services. 
Everyone  wants  the  county  to  do  its  best 
for  them  and  no  one  must  be  displeased. 
This  requires  a  great  deal  of  patience  at 
all  times  and  it  also  demands  the  very 
best  skill  a  man  can  command.    It  is  this 


FRANK    PORTER 

patience  and  skill  that  has  caused  Mr. 
Porter  to  win  out. 

Mr.  Porter  was  born  in  Twigg  and  reared 
in  Mayberry  Townships.  He  was  brought 
up  on  a  farm  and  always  knew  how  to 
work.  He  was  trained  m  the  common 
schools  and  has  won  his  way  to  success 
after  many  adverses.  Like  all  farmer's 
boys,  his  was  a  life  that  came  out  as 
responsibility  was  placed  upon  if.  As 
time  has  developed  him  he  has  become 
familiar  with  its  burdens  and  learned 
how  to  bear  them.  He  is  now  at  his  best 
work  and  doing  better  every  day. 

Mr.  Porter  owns  a  small  farm  near 
Broughton.  He  is  always  to  be  found, 
however,  in  his  office,  looking  after  the 
interests  of  the  county  first.  He  is  public- 
spirited,  patriotic,  as  his  services  in  the 
Spanish-American  war  shows,  and  is  now 
to  be  found  on  the  side  of  the  very  best 
welfare  of  the  pe  iple 


W.  C.  STELLE 

The  up-to-date  grocer  on  the  west 
side  has  been  in  business  for  thirty  years. 
He  came  here  from  the  farm,  and  the 
school  room,  and  has  maintained  a  steady- 
trade  throughout  the  period.  He  is  reputed 
to  be  one  of  the  wealthier  men  of  the  town 
and  county.  His  holdings  at  present  are 
in  real  estate  and  in  farm  lands. 

Mr.  Stelle  himself  is  known  far  and 
near  for  his  reliability  and  staunch  adher- 
ence to  strict  principles  of  business,  which 
has  made  for  him  his  success.      He  is  at 


INTERIOR  OF  W.  C.  STELLE'S  GROCERY  STORE 


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of  the  kind  in  this  part  of  the  country. 
He  carries  goods  of  all  grades,  thus  meet- 
ing thedemands  of  all  people.  He  also 
carries  a  complete  line  of  trunks,  suit 
cases,  rugs,  carpets  and  many  other  articles 
to  numerous  to  mention,  and  by  many  he 
is  said  to  be  doing  the  largest  mercantile 
business  of  any  firm  in  McLeansboro. 
Call  at  his  well-established  place  of  busi- 
ness at  any  time,  and  his  large  force  of 
clerks  will  be  at  your  service  until  your 
every  want  is  supplied. 


INTERIOR  OF  I.  G.  BERRIDGE'S  STORE 


I.  G.  BERRIDGE 

Mr.  Berridge  has  been  in  business  in 
McLeansboro  for  full  thirty  years,  and  in 
the  implement  business  for  over  fifteen 
years.  He  owns  his  present  location  on 
the  south  corner  of  the  square,  where  he 
keeps  in  stock  a  full  supply  of  all  kinds 
of  implements,  vehicles  and  seeds,  as  well 
as  being  a  dealer  in  apples  in  carload  lots. 

Mr.  Berridge  handles  the  celebrated 
Studebaker  wagons,  the  Moon  Brothers 
vehicles,  the  Banner  buggies  and  the 
Delker  Brothers  vehicles.  He  also  carries 
in  stock  at  all  times  the  John  Deere 
implements,  the  Moline  implements,  the 
Brown  Manufacturing  Company's  line 
of  implements,  also  the  Vulcan  Plow7  Com- 
pany's goods  and  the  Oliver  Chill  Plow 
Company's  line.  Besides  this  he  carries 
in  stock  a  full  line  of  harness  and  handles 
all  kinds  of  seeds.  He  possesses  a  fine 
seed  re-cleaner,  with  which  the  seed  to  be 
sown  is  thoroughly  prepared  for  distribu- 
tion on  the  earth. 

Mr.  Berridge  is  a  courteous,  affable  and 
i  strictly  business  gentleman.  His  lines 
are  first  class,  his  stock  is  at  all  times  new, 
and  the  people  are  asked  to  compare  his 
prices,  and  see  how  low  he  sells.  In  fact 
he  guarantees  his  prices  to  be  satisfactory. 
His  large  business  is  conducted  in  four  of 
his  own  large  store  rooms  and  an  extra 
one  rented  across  the  street.  His  business 
has  increased  and  enlarged  until  he  has 
been  o  impelled  to  put  a  two  story  addition 
back  of  his  present  building  to  accom- 
it.  He  owns  his  handsome  home 
on  South  Washington  street,  one  of  the 
residence  streets  of.  the  city.  Besides,  he 
.2 an  up-to-date,  square,  reliable  merchant. 
Those  dealing  with  him  can  feel  assured 
it.  as  he  knows  how. 


tucky,  and  while  a  clerk  in  Louisville  for 
some  five  or  six  years,  he  gained  his  first 
knowledge  of  the  mercantile  business.  Fol- 
lowing that  period  he  was  in  business 
in  Carmi  for  ten  years,  and  five  years 
ago  came  to  McLeansboro  and  began 
business  ont  he  south  side  of  the  public 
square,  where  he  isst  ill  meeting  all  de- 
mands of  the  public  for  supplies  along  his 
line.  Because  of  his  splendid  business 
ability  and  hustlin  gqualities,  being  one  of 
the  very  best  advertisers  in  our  county, 
his  business  was  good  from  the  begin- 
ning, and  grew  so  rapidly  that  in  1908  he 
was  compelled  to  rent  the  adjoining 
room  for  his  ever-growing  stock  of  goods 
and  accommodate  his  ever-increasing  host 
of  customers.  This  well-known  firm  carrise 
a  complete  and  excellent  line  of  ladies' 
and   gents'   furnishings,  the  largest  stock 


MOORMAN  &  TODD 

Just  a  word  regarding  the  members  of 
this  firm.  Mr.  J.  E.  Moorman  was  born 
and  raised  in  the  western  part  of  our 
county,  was  educated  in  our  public  schools 
and  pursued  a  higher  education  in  the 
State  Normal.  He  became  a  teacher  in 
i  >ur  county,  and  for  twelve  years  gave 
his  life  to  that  line  of  work,  being  su- 
perintendent of  the  West  Frankfort 
public  schools  the  last  two  years  of  his 
teaching  experience.  The  fact  that  Mr. 
Moorman  was  assessor  of  Knights  Prairie 
Township  three  terms  and  supervisor 
two  terms,  is  proof  positive  of  his  popular- 
ity among  those  who  know  him  best. 
Mr.  Moorman  gained  his  first  knowledge 
of  the  mercantile  business  while  in  the 
employ  of  E.  M.  Lee  &  Company  at 
Macedonia,  and  the  Witt  Mercantile 
Company  of  West  Frankfort.  Since 
among  us  in  business  he  has  gained  many 
friends. 

Mr.  A.  S.  Todd  spent  his  boyhood  on 
a  farm  near  Belle  City,  this  county,  and 
is  a  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  S.  Todd,  one 
of  our  best  families.  Following  his  public 
school  course  he  graduated  at  Brown's 
Business  College,  Decatur,  111.,  in  1899, 
and  at  once  entered  the  hardware  business 
at  Belle  City  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Serried  &  Todd,  and  after  two  years 
became  sole  proprietor  of  the  same,  and 
retained  it  until  1909,  when  he  sold  and 
came  to  our  city.  Thus  the  proprietors 
of  this  popular  clothing  firm  are  both 
young,  experienced,  energetic  men  and 
of  the  kind  that  win.  They  carry  a 
|  thorough  line  of  all  goods  usually  found 


THE  RED  FRONT 

The  Red  Front  is  the  name  of  one  oft  he 

most  hustling    mercantile  establishments 

found   in    McLeansboro,   and    Mr. 

f,   W.Greenwald  is  the  proprietor.      Mr. 

(ireenwald  was  born  and   raised  in   Ken- 


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GEORGE  E.  MALONE,  SHERIFF 

Mr.  Mali  nc  was  horn  in  Crook  1<  wn- 
ship.  He  is  yet  a  young  man.  having 
been  elected  to  the  office  of  sheriff  at  the 
age  of  twenty-seven,  which  makes  him 
ingest  sheriff  in  the  state.  He  has 
now  served  four  years  in  December,  and 
goes  out  of  office  with  a  record  second 
to  none.  During  his  entire  term  he  has 
striven  to  do  what  is  right.  His  life  has 
been  lived  in  the  open.  Everyone  has 
"ii   ir.   and   the   verdict   has   been 


MOORMAN  &  TODD'S  STORE 


in  an  up-to-date  men's  furnishing  store. 
They  make  a  specialty  of  the  Star  Brand 
shoes;  Stetson  and  Thoroughbred  hats: 
Cluett  shirts;  full  line  of  suit  cases, 
trunks,  etc.  Their  place  of  business  is 
on  the  south  side  of  the  public  square, 
where,  with  fairness  and  kindness,  they 
give  prompt  service  to  any  and  all  desiring 
goods  along  their  line.  Visit'  them  once  and 
you  will  be  glad  to  go  again. 

The  accompanying  picture  was  taken 
on  July  4th  and  shows  the  front  of  their 
store  at  the  time  they  won  the  prize  for 
having  the  best  decorated  place  of  busi- 
ness in  the  city. 


W.  S.  THRELKELD 

\V.  S.  Threlkeld  was  born  in  Green 
Castle,  Ky.,  in  1870,  but  came  to  McLeans- 
boro  in  youth,  where  he  has  spent  most  of 
his  life.  He  gained  his  first  knowledge 
of  the  mercantile  business  as  a  clerk  for 
S.  M.  Blades,  for  whom  he  worked  for 
six  years,  and  then  became  local  agent 
for  the  Singer  Manufacturing  Company, 
and  his  success  with  this  company  was  so 
phenomenal  that  they  soon  made  him 
manager  of  their  territory  in  a  part  of 
Kentucky  and  Tennessee,  with  head- 
quarters at  Mayfield,  Ky.,  where  his 
success  continued,  but  because  of  His  wife's 
poor  health  he  returned  to  McLeansboro 
and  bought  out  the  Chapman  Brothers 
grocery  firm  in  1903,  and  at  the  old  stand 
on  the  southside  has  been  doing  a  hustling, 
thriving  business,  which  can  be  accounted 
for  by  various  reasons,  such  as,  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Merchants'  Wholesale 
Grocer  Company  of  Evansville.  which 
saves  him  the  jobber's  profits;  he  buys 
his  goods  direct  from  the  packers  before 
it  is  packed  and  immediately  upon 
packing  they  ship  direct  to  him.  and  thus 
he  carries  the  freshest  line  of  groceries 
possible.  Again,  he  makes  quality  a  spe- 
cialty, as  anyone  can  testify  whojis  accus- 


tomed to  trailing  with  him.  Among  his 
extensive  stock  you  will  rind  the  popular 
I'n  cent  bon-ton  coffee;  full  line  of  Chase 
&  Sandborne  teas  and  coffees;  full  line 
Wedding  Ring  canned  goods;  a  specialty 
of  spring  wheat  flour.  In  addition  to  his 
full  line  of  superb  groceries  he  carries  the 
largest  line  of  china  and  queensware  in 
the  county,  and  the  only  English  dinner 
ware  in  the  city.  Call  or  phone  when 
you  want  the  very  best  at  popular  prices. 
Mr.  Threlkeld  married  Miss  Nellie 
Crawford,  and  with  their  happy  little 
family  of  two  girls  and  a  boy,  they  live 
at  Market  and  Mulberry  streets.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  is 
a  Free  Mason  and  a  Knight,  and  is  at 
present  treasurer  of  the  city  of  McLeans- 
boro; a  man  whom  you  will  do  well  to 
meet. 


SHERIFF  GEORGE    E.  MALONE 

rendered,  and  it  is  on  eof  unqualified 
approval  and  praise  lor  what  he  has  done. 

Mr.  Malone  grew  up  in  the  bounds  of 
Crook  Township,  received  his  early  train- 
ing in  the  public  schools,  followed  the 
life  of  a  youth  on  his  father's  farm,  land 
companioned  with  the  coming  genera- 
tions in  all  points.  He  was  a  natural 
leader  as  his  election,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one,  to  be  collector  of  Crook  Township 
reveals. 

It  was  in  1906  that  he  ran  for  sheriff  of 
Hamilton  county  against  a  fine  number 


W.  S.   THRELKELD'S  STORE 


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of    gentleman,    who    wanted    the    office 

badly,  and  won  out  easily.  It  is  this 
tendency  to  inspire  confidence  in  those 
with  whom  he  works  that  is  his  master 
point,  and  that  wins  his  battles  for  him 
in  advance. 

The  times  demand  men  of  rank,  and 
above  the  guiney's  stamp.  The  men  who 
serve  should  be  above  reproach,  and  with- 
out dishonor  or  any  stain  of  guilt.  Men 
must  present  themselves  for  office  who  are 
clean.  Then  the  nation  will  get  a  new 
lease  on  life.  The  people  will  feel  the 
power  in  being  manly,  and  men  like 
Mr.  Malone  shall  be  elected  to  places  of 
trust  as  a  mat  tut  of  course.  If,  in  the 
history  of  the  county,  any  man  has  shown 
himself  worthy  of  public  office,  it  is  the 
present  occupant  of  the  Sheriff's  position. 
He  is  now  in  his  young  manhood  and  great 
things  may  come  from  his  future  work. 


JOHN  HAWTHORN,  TREASURER 

The  present  treasurer  of  Hamilton 
County  was  born  in  White  County,  this 
State,  in  1837,  and  where  he  resided  until 
1853,  receiving  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  the  county.  When  about 
14  years  of  age  he  was  stricken  with 
typhoid  fever,  which  rendered  him  a 
cripple  for  life.  After  leaving  White 
County  he  came  to  Logansport  in  this 
county,  and  in  1860  received  his  appoint- 
ment as  postmaster  under  James  Buchanan 
and  served  continuously  in  the  office 
through  each  administration  up  to  1891. 
During  this  time  he  served  as  treasurer 
of  Crook  township  for  twenty  successive 
years,  making  a  most  remarkable  record. 
In  1865  he  was  elected  a  justice  of  the 
peace  and  served  continuously  in  that 
office  until  1891 ,  when  he  resigned,  after  he 
had  been  elected  county  treasurer.  In 
1890  he  was  elected  treasurer  of  the  county, 
serving  four  years,  and  in  1898  he  was 
re-elected  for  another  term  of  four  years. 
He  served  as  deputy  treasurer  under  Mr. 
Donley  from  1901'  to  1906.  He  moved  to 
McLeansboro  in  the  meantime,  and  in 
1903  he  purchased  the  property  known 
as  the  Washburn  corner  on  Main  street, 
where  he  now  resides  and  where  he  still 
goes  forth  daily  to  his  duties.  Since  coming 
to  McLeansboro  he  was  elected  in  190S 
to  fill  out  the  unexpired  term  as  justice 


of  the  peace  of  P.  L.  McNabb,  dei  i  a  ed 
Then  in  1909  he  was  elected  for  a  term  of 
Eour  years,  In  March,  1910,  he  was  ap- 
pointed treasurer  to  fill  the  unexpired 
term  of  L.  Bond,  deceased.  Throughout 
this  entire  career  of  official  life  no  breath 
of  scandal  has  ever  tainted  any  record 
that  he  has  kept.  He  has  been  perfectly 
honest  through  it  all.  This  is  a  remarkable 
record. 

Esq.  Hawthorn  was  married  in  1860 
to  Mrs.  Margaret  J.  Denny,  who  has  been 
a  faithful  helpmate  to  him.  They  have 
four  children.  The  family  is  of  the  Baptist 
faith,  Esq.  Hawthorn  himself  being  an 
honored  member  of  the  church.  He  is 
now  clerk  of  Fairfield  Association  and  has 
served  for  twenty-two  years.  He  is  a 
democrat,  and  cast  his  first  presidential 
vote  for  Stephen  A.  Douglas. 

Personally  Esq.  Hawthorn  is  a  most 
companionable  and  agreeable  gentleman. 
Everyone  likes  him,  and  this  accounts 
for  his  remarkable  popularity  through  the 
years. 

DR.    PARIS    M.    NATION,    CORONER 

The  accompanying  cut  reveals  the 
features   of    Dr.    Nation,    the   coroner   of 


JOHNJHAWTHORN 


until  he  has  established  himself  in  the 
town  as  one  of  the  fixed  physicians,  who 
can  be  depended  upon  at  all  times  to 
respond  In  every  appeal.  He  is  now  in 
his  third  year  here,  doing  the  work  of  a 
practicing  physician.  He  was  elected  in 
1968  to  the  office  of  coroner,  and  has  two 
more  years  to  fill. 

He  is  thoroughly  reliable,  conscientious, 
able  to  do  his  work  in  all  particulars, 
a  democrat,  a  Baptist,  and  the  father  of 
three  fine  boys.  The  county  will  yet  hear 
from  him  in  other  spheres,  as  he  is  one  of 
its  best  all  round  men.  Inlhonoring  him 
the  county  honors  itself.  Give  him  time 
ami  he  will  prove  his  worth. 


T.  W.  BIGGERSTAFF 
County  Superintendent  of  Public  Schools 

The  present  county  superintendent, 
whose  face  we  display  here,  was  born  and 
reared  in  Crook  township,  educated  in 
the  "Old  Black  Oak  District,"  now 
Thackery,  also  at  Hamilton  County 
College,  and  at  Enfield  Academy.  He 
began  teaching  at  the  age  of  twenty  and 
continued  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
county  for  twenty  years.  Moved  to 
McLeansboro  and  taught  in  the  schools 
of  the  city  for  nine  years.  He  was  elected 
superintendent  in  1901  and  re-elected  in 
1905,  and  is  a  candidate  again. 

In  the  county  he  is  popular,  well  known, 
a  ready  mixer,  and  not  afraid  to  do  what 
he  thinks  is  right.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church,  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school,  county  president  of  the 
Slate  Sunday  School  Work,  president  of 
the  Hamilton  County  Farmers'  Institute, 
a  Modern  Woodman,  a  Mason,  and  a 
democrat  of  the  first  rank. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Nora  Oneal  in 
1889,  and  six  children  have  been  given 
to  them,  four  boys  and  two  girls,  Marshall 
being  a  graduate  of  the  high  school. 
Mr.  Biggerstaff  began  his  religious  life 
in  the  New-  Hope  neighborhood,  and  was 
baptized  into  the  fellowship  of  that 
church  by  the  lamented  and  honored 
Major  John  B.   Smith.     It  has  been  his 


DR.  PARIS  M.  NATION 

the  county.  He  was  born  and  reared  in 
the  eastern  part  of  the  county,  his  people 
being  early  settlers  from  Tennessee,  and 
much  respected  by  all  who  knew  them. 
In  early  life  the  Doctor  was  put  to  work 
on  the  farm,  and  did  his  share  until 
deciding  to  teach  school,  when  he  equipped 
himself  for  that  profession.  He  taught 
for  four  terms  in  the  county.  His  next 
move  was  to  become  a  physician.  For 
this  he  attended  the  medical  department 
of  the  University  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
for  two  years,  and  then  the  college  of 
Physicians  and  .Surgeons  of  St.  Louis 
for  two  years,  graduating  in  1904. 

In  the  year  1902  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Annie  Locke  of  this  city,  and  she  was 
with  him  during  his  two  years  in  St.  Louis. 

After  graduating  he  settled  first  at 
Belle  Prairie,  this  county,  where  he  was 
quite  successful  in  the  practice  of  hischosen 
profession,  practically  riding  day  and 
night.  But  wishing  for  a  larger  field  he 
moved  to  McLeansboro  to  carry  out  his 
ideas,  and  has  been  eminently  reaching 
out  after  a  larger  practice  day  by  day, 


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aim  ever  since  then  to  do  right  by  his 
fellowmen. 

His  place  in  the  county  has  been  large 
since  he  was  elected  county  superintendent 
of  schools.  He  has  invariably  gotten  results 
from  the  school  life.  Wonderful  develop- 
ment and  rapid  rise  in  educative  force 
have  made  his  tenure  of  official  life,  and 
it  is  safe  to  say  that  he  is  one  of  the  most 
progressive  superintendents  we  have  had 
for  years.  There  is  but  one  county  in 
the  state  at  present  that  is  entitled  to 
more  free  scholarships  than  Hamilton. 
That  is  a  good  record.  He  has  brought  the 
State  Superintendent  to  the  county  three 
different  times,  and  other  notables  on 
other  special  occasions.  There  were  one 
hundred  and  sixty-seven  county  graduates 
last  year. 

We  bespeak  for  Mr.  Biggerstaff  the 
continued  good  will  of  the  people. 


HON.  JOHNSON  H.  LANE, 

STATE  ATTORNEY 

Hon.  Johnson  H.  Lane  was  born  and 
in    Hamilton    Countv    and   in    our 


HON    JOHNSON  H.  LANE 

midst  has  spent  his  entire  life,  and  has 
become  one  of  the  best  and  most  favorably 
known  residents  we  have.  After  finishing 
the  work  in  the  public  schools  he  attended 
Hamilton  College  and  for  ten  years  was 
a  teacher  in  the  schools  of  our  county, 
four  years  of  which  time  he  was  superin- 
tendent of  McLeansboro  public  schools. 
In  1882  Mr.  Lane  finished  the  course  in 
one  of  the  best  law  schools  in  the  United 
States,  the  law  department  of  the  Michigan 
University  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  In  1886 
he  was  elected  superintendent  of  public- 
schools  of  our  county,  and  so  efficient 
was  his  service  that  he  was  re-elected  in 
L890.  He  was  then  a  member  of  the  law 
firm  of  Webb  &  Lane,  until  1905,  when  he 
was  elected  state's  attorney  to  finish  an 
unexpired  term.  He  went  about  the  duties 
of  this  office  with  his  usual  energy  and 
faithfulness  and  proved  to  the  people 
that  the  oath  of  office  did  not  rest  lightly 
upon  him,  thus  making  so  enviable  a 
record  that  he  was  re-elected  by  a  large 


majority  in  1908,  and  has  now  finished 
half  of  his  second  term.  Mr.  Lane  has 
the  support  and  approval  of  the  best 
element  of  our  county,  and  with  energy 
he  makes  the  life  of  the  transgressor  hard, 
following  up  with  untiring  persistency 
every  clue  and  bringing  to  justice  all 
criminals,  without  fear  or  favor;  in  other 
wi  >nls.  Mr.  Lane  is  a  man  who  does  things, 
and  a  more  busy  man  cannot  be  found 
in  our  county.  Among  his  other  duties 
he  is  vice-president  of  the  First  National 
Bank.  He  is  an  official  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and,  with 
commendable  regularity  can  be  found 
giving  a  kind  welcome  to  those  who  visit 
his  church  for  worship,  where  he  has  been 
an  usher  for  years.  He  is  a  member  of 
McLeansboro  Lodge  No.  Ill,  K.  of  P., 
and  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  Fraternity. 
In  1885  he  was  married  to  Miss  Carrie 
Harvey,  and  with  their  daughter  Hazel, 
tiny  live  in  one  of  our  most  elegant  homes, 
on  South  Washington  street. 


to  the  same  office  in  1905.  In 
resigned  as  city  attorney  and  was 
elected  county  judge,  in  spite  of  the  fact 
that  his  county  is  against  him  politically, 
which  is  proof  of  the  high  esteem  in  which 
they  hold  him  who  know  him  best.  He 
is  proving  himself  to  be  a  judge  of  law 
par  excellence,  and  is  giving  the  best  of 
satisfaction  on  the  bench,  and  was  called 
t.i  White  county  to  preside  as  County 
Judge  for  several  months  following  the 
death  of  Judge  Parker,  and  at  various 
times  has  presided  in  Jefferson  County 
court. 

In  1901  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mabel 
Berridge,  and  with  their  daughter,  they 
live  in  their  elegant  new  home  on  South 
Washington  street.  His  office  is  in  the 
Court  Room  block,  where  he  kindly  and 
efficiently  cares  for  all  matters  entrusted 
to  him.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian church  and  of  the  Free  Masons, 
and  is  a  Knight  Templar.  The  judge  is 
also  a  stockholder  and  director  of  the 
Cloud  State  Bank. 


HON.  JOHN  M.  ECKLEY 

COUNTY  JUDGE 

<  fur  present  county  judge  is  a  son  of 
the  late  Judge  Thos.  M.  Eckley,  and  was 
born  in  McLeansboro,  February  13,  1876. 
His  parents  have  always  been  classed 
among  our  very  best  citizens,  ami  their 
superb  qualities  have  filled  his  life  until 
we  proudly  look  upon  him  as  an  ideal 
representative  of  American  manhood. 
He  finished  the  course  in  our  public  schools 
and  then  attended  Wabash  College  at 
Crawfordsville,  Ind.,  during  the  years  of 
1803,  1894  and  1895.  The  first  of  January 
in  1896,  he  began  the  study  of  law  in  his 
father's  office,  and  was  admitted  t"  the 
liar  i if  Illinois  in  April,  1899.  Until  his 
father's  death  in  1903.  he  was  with  him 
in  business,  and  since  that  time  he  has 
been  alone,  conducting  a  splendid  business 
not  only  in  the  practice  of  law,  but  also 
in  insurance  and  abstracting,  owning 
a  complete  and  excellent  set  of  abstract 
books  at  the  present  time.  He  was  first 
before  the  public  for  office  in  1899,  and 
was  elected  city  attorney,  and  was  again 


JOHN  R.  CROSS,  MAYOR 

Hon.    John    R.    Cross,    whose    face    is 
lisplayed  on  this  page,  was  born  December 


HON.  JOHN  M.   ECKLEY 


MAYOR  JOHN  R.  CROSS 

15,  1859,  in  Dahlgren  Township,  Hamilton 
County,  Illinois,  and  continued  to  live 
there  until  1889.  He  received  his  early 
education  from  the  public  schools  of  this 
county,  and  like  Lincoln,  was  self  learned 
largely,  and  like  him  also,  he  had  to  work 
his  own  way  and  hoe  his  own  row. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Olive  E. 
Ellis,  May  29,  1881.  In  1889,  when  30 
years  of  age,  he  with  his  family  moved 
from  the  farm  to  McLeansboro,  and 
there  he  prepared  to  take  up  the  arduous 
pursuit   of  the  legal  profession. 

He  read  law  under  Judge  T.  B.  Stelle 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  June.  1892, 
and  commenced  the  practice  with  the 
Judge  as  his  partner.  This  partnership 
was  formed  in  the  hope  of  its  lasting  for 
life,  and  it  practically  did. 

After  the  Judge's  demise,  which  occurred 
July  31,  1906,  a  second  partnership  was 
fi  irmo  1    with    the    then    newlv    admitted 


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member  of  the  bar,  Hon.  D.  J.  Under- 
go bichlast  partnership  siill  continues 
I  he  linn  does  business  in  all  the  courts. 
It  is  perfectly  reliable,  trustworthy,  and 
is  in  the  limelight  at  every  court.  The  firm 
having  come  into  the  possession  of  the 
large  library  owned  In-  the  late  Judge 
T.  B.  Stelle  ami  William  H.  Stelle,  and 
having  added  a  large  muni  per  of  new  books 
to  their  list,  they  now  possess  one  of 
the  best  equipped  offices  in  this  section 
of  the  state;  in  fact,  none  superior  to  it 
is  found  in  the  city. 

The  present  mayor  of  the  city  of 
McLeansboro  was  riveted  in  April,  1909, 
for  a  term  of  two  years.  He  is  a  democrat, 
a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  an  Odd 
Fellow  and  a  Modern  Woodman.  He  has 
served  his  city  in  the  capacity  of  city 
attorney  for  four  terms. 

He  owns  a  nice  home  with  a  splendid 
family,  consisting  of  his  wife,  two  daughters 
the  well-known  Misses  Inez  and  Nona, 
and  one  son  John  E.,  besides  having  one 
daughter,  Mrs.  Iva  Hardesty,  who  mar- 
ried Mr.  Isaac  S.  Hardesty,  who  lives 
near  them. 

The  town  owes  much  to  the  good 
citizens  that  make  it  up.  Every  family 
makes  it  richer  that  lives  right.  In  the 
light  of  the  years  that  have  gone,  the  mayor 
should  continue  to  present  to  the  city 
a  respectable,  God-fearing,  honored  life 
and  win  for  himself  such  reward  as  merit 
alone  bestows. 


W.  R.  DANIEL,  POLICE  MAGISTRATE 

The  father  of  the  present  editor  of  the 
Times     was    born     in     Stewart     county, 


WOODSON  R.  DANIEL 

Tennessee.  May  14,  1845,  moved  to  [llini  i 
in  1857.  settling  in  Wayne  county,  where 
hi'  lived  on  a  farm  until  the  outbreak  of 
the  Civil  War  when  he  enlisted.  November 
20,  L861,  hi  Company  D,  60th  Illinois 
Infantry.  He  served  continuously  until 
August  9,  1865,  when  he  was  discharged 
with  the  rank  of  second  sergeant  of  his 
company,  the  war  being  ended,  having 
served  3  years  9   months  and    It)  days. 


He  participated  in  nearly  all  the  battles 
and  skirmishes  in  which  his  regiment  was 
engaged,  being  with  Island  No.  10.  He 
was  at  the  siege  of  Corinth,  Miss.;  was  in 
at  the  close  of  the  battle  of  Stone  River; 
at  the  battle  of  Missionary  Ridge  and 
Lookout  Mountain;  saw  the  battle  above 
the  Clouds;  participated  in  the  Atlanta 
Campaign  until  he  was  slightly  wounded 
at  Rocky  Face  Mountain,  when  he  was 
sent  to  the  hospital  for  a  short  time. 
Returning  to  his  regiment  he  was  in  Gen- 
eral Sherman's  march  to  the  sea;  the 
siege  and  capture  of  Savannah,  Ga.; 
in  the  march  through  North  and  South 
Carolina;  in  the  battles  of  Averboro  and 
Bentonville,  North  Carolina;  was  28 
miles  southwest  of  Raleigh,  X.  C.  when 
General  Jos.  Johnson  surrendered:  march- 
ed from  there  to  Washington;  participated 
in  the  grand  review,  May  24,   1865. 

A  word  about  the  Daniel  ancestry. 
His  great  grandfather,  Benjamin,  came 
from  England  and  settled  in  North 
Carolina.  He  served  through  the  Revolu- 
tionary War  under  General  Daniel  Mor- 
gan, and  died  at  the  age  of  107  years. 
The  grandfather  on  his  mother's  side  was 
Riley  Roberts,  who  hailed  from  Ireland 
and  settled  in  Alabama.  He  was  with 
General  Jackson  at  New  Orleans,  when 
they  whipped  the  British.  He  walked  all 
the  way  back  to  Alabama  and  was  so 
weak  when  he  got  there  he  could  not 
ride  a  horse,  having  practically  nothing 
to  eat  while  on  the  way.  Those  were 
stirring  days.  So  the  fighting  second 
sergeant  of  the  Illinois  60th  got  his 
blood  by  natural  descent,  and  has  demon- 
strated his  worth. 

Esq.  Daniel  lived  in  Wayne  county  one 
year  after  his  return  from  the  war.  His 
first  marriage  was  during  the  war.  His 
wife  dying,  he  married  again  in  1866, 
and  three  children  were  born,  one  of 
whom.  Marshall,  present  editor  of  the 
Times,  still  survives.  He  is  yet  living  with 
his  last  wife,  and  only  one  of  their  three 
children  is  living,  Mrs.  L.  L.  Smith. 

He  came  to  McLeansboro  in  1868,  and 
worked  at  the  carpenter's  trade  for  some 
time.  His  official  career  has  been  extensive. 
First,  he  served  12  years  as  deputy  coun- 
ty clerk,  then  he  was  coroner  for  one  term, 
and  during  this  time  he  served  as  sheriff 
for  one  month.  He  has  served  as  city 
clerk,  alderman,  member  of  the  board  of 
education,  and  as  supervisor  of  the  town 
of  McLeansboro  for  two  terms.  He  served 
as  justice  of  the  peace  for  12  years.  He 
has  been,  when  this  term  expires,  police 
magistrate  for  18  years. 

He  lives  in  a  pleasant  home  on  South 
Washington  street.  He  is  a  democrat, 
Odd  Fellow,  member  of  the  G.  A.  R., 
and  also  a  worthy  and  attentive  member 
of  the  First  Baptist  church.  His  career 
has  been  honorable  and  long.  May  he 
yet  serve  the  people  of  the  community 
many  useful  years  is  the  wish  of  all  that 
know  him. 


and  then  pursued  a  course  in  higher 
studies  under  Dr.  John  Washburn,  ex- 
president  of  Ewing  College,  who  was  at 
that  time  residing  in  our  city.  After 
teaching  one  term  of  school  he  studied 
law  and  passed  the  state  board  examina- 
tion in  May,  1900,  since  which  time  he 
has  become  one  of  the  most  prominent 
attorneys  of  Hamilton  County,  and  is 
excelled   by   none    in    the    preparation    of 


HON.  HARRY  ANDERSON 

legal   documents   and   other  matter   that 
pertains  to  court  procedure. 

He  has  never  sought  public  office,  and 
has  occupied  but  two  public  positions, 
alderman  and  city  attorney,  these  having 
been  thrust  upon  him  by  his  fellow 
townsmen.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  and  is  an  active  worker 
in  the  congregation  and  is  interested  in 
all  general  enterprises  of  the  church. 
His  home,  the  church  and  his  business 
engage  his  best  efforts.  In  1902  he  was 
married  to  Minnie  E.  Wilson,  and  with 
their  little  family  they  live  happily  in 
their  beautiful  new  home  on  Washington 
street.  Mr.  Anderson's  office  is  located 
in  the  Stelle  building  at  the  northwest 
corner  of  the  public  square.  We  bespeak 
for  him  a  useful  and  promising  future, 
for  his  character,  talents  and  habits  are 
such  that  nothing  but  success  can  be  his. 


HARRY  ANDERSON 

Harry  Anderson,  son  of  Captain  and 
Mrs.  J.  T.  Anderson,  was  born  on  his 
father's  farm  southwest  of  McLeansboro, 
111..  May  22.  1874.  From  early  youth  he 
acquired  the  habit  of  toil,  which  always 
unlocks  the  doors  to  higher  planes  of 
service  and  success.  He  early  finished  the 
course  in  the  country  school,  and  later 
finished  in  the  McLeansboro  High  School, 


WALTER  A.  McELVAIN 

Walter  A.  MeElvain  is  a  son  of  Judge 
and  Mrs.  John  MeElvain;  was  born  in 
McLeansboro  in  1856,  and  after  securing 
his  early  education  in  our  public  schools, 
pursued  a  college  course  at  Ewing  College, 
and  then  took  up  the  study  of  law  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1883.  During  his 
entire  life  he  has  had  an  unusual  interest 
in  real  estate,  and  has  a  complete  and 
up-to-date  set  of  abstract  books,  and 
knows  as  much  about  the  land  and  titles 
of  our  county  as  any  man  we  have.  He 
is  one  of  our  largest  resident  land  owners 
and  is  greatly  interested  in  the  develop- 
ment of  our  fertile  soil.  Owning  more  land 
than  any  other  individual  in  the  North 
Fork  Drainage  District,  he  is  naturally 
taking  a  leading  part  in  the  construction 


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of  this,  the  county's  greatest  single  inprove- 
ment.  He  is  a  public-spirited  man  and  takes 
a  lively  interest  m  the  welfare  of  his  home 
town  and  county. 

Through  his  keen  business  insight  he 
lias  become  one  of  our  leading  and  most 
successful  business  men.  His  fair  dealings 
with  his  fellowmen,  and  his  friendly 
disposition,  have  won  for  him  a  host  of 
friends.  For  many  years  lie  has  been  a 
leading  member  in  the  K.  of  P.  Lodge,  and 
has  repeatedly  represented  the  local 
order  in  the  Grand  Lodge.  In  politics 
he  isaemDocrat,  and  is  a  candidate  before 
the  coming  primary  of  that  party  for  the 
office  of  county  judge,  which  position  we 
firmly  believe  he  could  fill  with  great 
credit     to    himself    and    the    profession. 

Mr.  McElvain  is  a  married  man,  and 
with  his  splendid  family  lives  in  his 
comfortable^home  on  North  Washington 
street. 


for  Governor  Deneen,  who  was  nominated. 
During  the  session  of  the  43rd  and  44th 
assembly,  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk  of 
the  House,  and  in  the  45th  and  46th 
assembly  he  was  one  of  the  statutory 
officers  of  the  Senate.  George  is  an  active 
member  of  the  following  orders:  Knights 
of  Pythias,  McLeansboro  Lodge  Xo.  Ill; 
M.  W.  A.,  McLeansboro  Camp  Xo.  2597, 
and  of  the  Ben  Hur. 

In  1906  he  was  a  candidate  for  state- 
representative  and  carried  his  senatorial 
district,  and  went  into  the  convention 
with  twenty-three  delegates  i  twenty- 
seven  being  a  majority  I,  but  by  a  combina- 
tion of  his  opponents  he  was  defeated. 
He  is  again  a  candidate  before  the  repub- 
lican primary  which  is  to  be  held  Sept. 
15,  1910,  and  we  confidentaly  believe 
he  will  be  nominated.  He  stands  right 
on  the  great  issues  of  the  hour,  and  has 
every  qualification  to  make  of  him  a  good 
ative  of  his  district. 


business,  and  in  1903  was  chosen  to  fill 
out  an  unexpired  term  as  circuit  clerk, 
of  one  year.  From  1904  to  1909  he  was 
extensively  engaged  in  the  real  estate 
and  mercantile  business,  handling  several 
stocks  of  goods  throughout  Illinois.  At 
the  present  time  he  is  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  and  insurance  business  in  McLeans 
boro,  and  is  ready  to  serve  his  many 
friends.  He  has  always  been  a  staunch 
democrat,  and  has  done  much  for  the  wel- 
fare of  his  party,  having  been  chairman 
of  the  central  committee  of  the  county 
for  some  years. 

With  his  happy  little  family  he  lives  in 
mtiful  home  on  Eastern  Border 
street;  is  an  active  member  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  can  always  be  found  on  the 
right  side  of  all  moral  and  public  questions. 
Upon  such  men  depends  the  welfare  of 
our  countrv. 


GEORGE  W.  HILL 

George  W.    Hill   was   born   in   Franklin 
county,  111..  November..]  1,  1876.  but  came 


FRANK  LOCKETT 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Sumner  county,  Tenn.,  in  1867.  Having 
lost  his  parents  at  the  early  age  of  ten 
years  he  came  to  live  with  an  uncle, 
residing  some  three  miles  north  of 
McLeansboro.  Early  he  became  ac- 
customed to  the  arduous  tasks  common  to 
farm  life  and  received  lessons  of  strenuous 
toil  that  have  been  of  great  value  to  him 
in  his  uncommonly  active  career.  He  early 
manifested  a  desire  for  an  education, 
and  when  only  a  lad  of  seventeen  summers, 
we  find  him  teaching  in  the  public  schools. 
Following  this  he  came  to  McLeansboro 
and  for  one  year  was  employed  as  a 
salesman  in  a  mercantile  establishment, 
after  which  he  devoted  some  eight  or 
nine  years  of  his  life  to  teaching  in  the 
public  schools  of  Hamilton  county.  In 
1889  he  was  assessor  of  McLeansboro 
township,  and  in  1S93  of  Dahlgren  town- 
ship. In  1894  he  was  elected  county  clerk 
1  >y  a  very  flattering  majority,  and  such 
was  his  service  that  in  1898  he  was  easily 
ed,  and  served  until  19(12.  From 
1  '•  12        1903  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile 


HON.  ISAAC  H.  WEBB 

Hon.   Isaac   H.   Webb  is  a   product  of 

Hamilton  county,  being  born  on  the  well 
known    Webb    farm    about    three    miles 


GEORGE  W.  HILL 

to  Hamilton  county  when  but  a  boy  and 
has  spent  almost  his  entire  life  in  our 
midst.  He  is  a  young  man  who  has  shown 
an  extraordinary  ambition  for  knowledge, 
lb  had  scarcely  any  schooling  until  he 
was  nineteen  years  of  age,  when  he  was 
seized  with  a  desire  to  obtain  an  educa- 
tion  and  with  that  end  in  view  he  entered 
the  fifth  grade  of  McLeansboro  public 
schools  and  graduated  in  the  remarkable 
short  time  of  three  years.  The  year  fol- 
li  .wing  his  graduation  he  attended  McKen- 
dree  College,  Lebanon,  111.  His  money 
giving  out  and  his  health  failing,  he  re- 
turned home.  After  partly  regaining  his 
health  he  began  the  study  of  law.  In  the 
spring  of  1904  he  was  chosen  as  a  delegate 
to  that  famous  gubernatorial  convention 
and  voted  according  to  his  instructions 
for  Richard  Yates  until  his  delegation  was 
released  from  instructions,  and  then  voted 


FRANK    LOCKETT 


HON.  ISAAC    H.  WEBB 

McLeansboro;  son  of  John  Webb, 
i  r  of  this  part  of  Illinois. 

After  finishing  the  course  in  the  country 
schools  he  attended  Hamilton  College 
three  terms  and  then  taught  in  the  public 
schools    of    our    county    for    four    years. 

Having  a  desire  to  pursue  the  study  of 
law  he  entered  one  of  the  very  best 
schools  of  our  country,  the  Michigan 
i  diversity  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  grad- 
uated in  1882,  after  which  he  passed  the 
examination  before  both  the  Michigan 
and  the  Illinois  State  Board.  In  1883 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  Judge  J.  C. 
Edwards,  with  whom  he  practiced  until 
elected  state's  attorney  in  1888.  His 
service  was  so  faithful  and  efficient  that 
he  was  re-elected  in  1892  and  served  his 
second  term,  after  which  he  was  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Edwards-Webb  &  Lane, 
u  it  til  Mr.  Edwards  was  elected  county 
judge,  when  the  firm  became  Webb  & 
Lane,  and  thus  remained  until  Mr.  Lane 
ted  prosecuting  attorney  in  1905. 
since  which  time  Mr.  Webb  has  been  in 


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i  tice  alone.  Mr.  Webb  is  coin  eded 
to  be  one  of  the  best  authorities  in  this 
pari  of  the  state  in  matters  of  law,  and 
bi  i  ause  of  his  recognized  ability,  integrity, 
good  judgmenl  and  fairness,  he  is  fully 
equipped  to  till  the  office  he  now  seeks, 
as  he  is  now  a  candidate  for  county  judge 
the  democratic  primary  of  Sept. 
L5th.  This  is  the  first  office  he  has  asked 
.it  the  hands  of  his  party  for  eighteen 
aid  beyond  a  doubt  he  will  poll 
a  heavy  vote  in  every  part  of  the  county. 

Mr.  Webb  has  for  years  been  a  most 
faithful  and  consistent  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  a  worker 
in  the  Sunday  school.  He  is  a  charter 
member  of  the  local  order  of  the  Knights 
of   I'vthias. 

In'  1904  he  was  married  to  Estella 
Baker  of  Golconda,  one  of  the  best  known, 
most  popular  and  efficient  musicians  this 
pari  of  Illinois  has  over  known,  and  with 
their  son,  John  Robert,  they  live  in  their 
cozy  home  on  North  Pearl  street. 


Spivey  and  his  assistants  in  view.  The 
whole  plant  is  a  fine  ample  of  what  ran 
be  done  in  a  town  that  wants  to  be 
up-to-date.  The  plant  is  also  the  pumping 
station  for  the  water  works,  which  is 
splendid. 

The  assistants  are:  Mr.  A.  T.  Vanhorn, 
first,  and  Mr.  S.  G.  Yoder,  second.  Mr. 
Vanhorn  having  been  with  the  plant 
since  1908  also.  They  are  both  capable 
men. 

The  plant  has  two  Corliss  engines, 
one  125  horse  power  and  the  other  230 
power.  The  incandescent  lighting  machine 
is  a  Fort  Wayne  100  K.  W.,  110  volts 
and  133  cycles.  The  street  lighting  is 
80  light  western  electric  series  arc.  The 
plant  is  run  by  two  100  horse  power 
boilers,  and  has  all  the  work  done  by  men 
who  know  their  business. 

Mr.  Spivey  is  not  only  up  on  the 
practical,  but  an  expert  on  the  technical 
departments  of  his  work  as  well.  His 
cut  gives  a  good  view  of  the  man. 


MARSHALL  SPIVEY,  ELECTRICIAN 

Mr.  Marshall  Spivey,  the  head  man  at 
the  power  plant,  has  been  on  the  job 
since  1908.  He  was  born  in  Shawneetown, 
worked  as  a  young  man  there  in  the 
post  office  until  he  married  and  moved 
to  McLeansboro.  He  was  in  the  furniture 
and  undertaking  business  with  good 
success  for  some  time.  Later  he  decided 
to  take  up  the  electrical  business  as  a 
profession,  and  equipped  himself  for  that 
work  through  a  correspondence  school. 
After  receiving  his  diploma  he  went  on 
record  as  being  the  best  but  one  in  the 
state,  in  the  test  given  for  electricians 
before  the  state  examining  board.  This 
high  standing  caused  him  to  be  employed 
by  the  state  authorities  to  take  charge 
of  the  state  reformatory's  electrical  works 
and  plant  at  Pontiae,  111.,  which  position 
he  held  for  a  year.  Then  he  was  employed 
to  install  electrical  machinery  for  a 
contractor  at  Mt.  Vernon,  111.  Coming 
from  there  to  this  place  in  1908  he  is  now 
in  his  third  year  with  the  job. 

He  has  the  honor  of  remodeling  the 
entire  plant  here  until  it  presents  a 
unique  appearance  for  a  town  of  this  size. 
The  accompanying  cut  is  made  to  show 
only  a  part  of  the  power  house,  with  Mr. 


DR.  MARY  B.  McKEE 

One    of    the    leading    dentists    of    the 
city  has  her  offices  in  the  Wiseman  block 


spent  two  years  in  government  work 
among  the  Indian  schools,  teaching  in 
New  Mexico  one  of  those  yeai 

Later  deciding  to  study  dentistry 
she  prepared  herself  for  the  course.  She 
went  to  St.  Louis  and  took  the  full 
curriculum  of  the  St.  Louis  Dental 
College  in  three  years,  graduating  with 
distinctii  m. 

She  settled  here  in  her  present  location 
in  the  autumn  of  L907.  Since  then  she 
has  steadily  grown  in  favor  until,  doubt- 
less, she  possesses  the  largest  clientele 
of  any  dentist  south  of  the  B.  &  I  >. 

She  does  crown  and  bridge  work,  east 
inlaying,  artificial  plate  settings,  all  kinds 
of  fillings  and  extractions,  with  minor 
surgical  operations  of  almost  endless 
variety.    Her  work  is  guaranteed. 


W.  C.  FAIRWEATHER 

The    superintendent    of    the    McLeans- 
boro city  schools  is  W.  C.   Pairweather, 


MARSHALL  SPIVEY 


DR.  MARY  B.  McKEE 

on  the  north  side  of  the  square.  She  is 
prepared  to  do  any  kind  of  dental  work 
known  to  the  craft.  It  is  her  pleasure  to 
wait  on  her  customers  with  that  patience 
and  preparedness  that  quite  takes  them 
by  surprise. 

In  speaking  about  her  work  it  is  to 
the  purpose  to  say  that  in  the  first  place 
she  is  a  genuine  woman,  pleasant,  agreeable 
and  quite  capable  of  conducting  a  business 
anywhere.  You  feel  the  sincerity  of  her 
profession  immediately  upon  entering, 
i  Her  every  movement  is  a  practical 
I  demonstration  of  her  power  to  do  the 
work. 

Her  education  was  begun  in  the  common 
schools  of  the  county,  where  she  taught 
!  for  awhile.  Two  terms  were  spent  in 
|  Ewing  College,  1898  and  1899.  She  was 
married  to  Prof.  Robert  B.  McKec  in 
September,  1900.  After  his  death  in  1901, 
she   went    to   the   northwest,    where    she 


FAIRWEATHER 

now  elected  for  his  eighth  successive 
year  and  bids  fair  to  continue  indefinitely. 
He  was  born  and  reared  on  a  farm  four 
miles  south  of  this  city.  He  went  to 
Parker's  Prairie  school  for  his  early  educa- 
tion and  commenced  to  teach  in  the 
year  1892.  At  different  times  during 
his  vacations  he  has  attended  Valparaiso 
University  and  two  of  the  state  normal 
schools.  In  1901  and  1902  he  was  a 
student  at  the  University  of  Illinois. 
He  taught  three  years  in  the  rural  schools 
of  Hamilton  County,  and  three  years 
!  in  the  grades  of  the  McLeansboro  city 
I  schools.  He  was  also  a  teacher  in  the  city 
|  schools  of  Murphysboro,  111.,  being  princ- 
ipal of  the  Ozburn  school  three  years 
and  principal  of  the  Logan  school  for  one 
year.  Moving  from  Murphysboro  to  his 
old  home,  where  people  have  known 
him  from  infancy  he  sends  all  precedents 
to  the  winds  about  "a  prophet  not  being 
honored  in  his  own  country,"  for  he  has 
j  been  honored  time  again  in  the  various 
!  walks  of  life  in  the  midst  of  his  own. 
Besides  being  superintendent  of  schools 
and- doing  his  duty  therein,  he  has  been 
j  elected  to  the  positions  of  vice-president 
i  of  the   McLeansboro  Building  and   Loan 


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In  1907  he  and  the  Hon.  John  R.  Cross 
established  the  law  firm  which  bears  their 
as  successors  to  the  firm  of  Judge 
T.  B.  Stelle  &  Cross,  and  are  now  admit- 
tedly in  the  forefront  of  the  bar  in  this 
county. 

Mr.  Underwood  lives  on  and  owns  a 
beautiful  farm  residence,  near  the  county 
seat,  modern  and  up-to-date,  of  which 
a  cut  i-  displayed  in  this  issue.  He  and 
llent  wife  are  rearing  a  delightful 
family. 

His  two  oldest  boys,  Carl  and  Ira,  are 
in  school  in  Illinois  College  at  Jackson- 
ville, 111.,  and  will  graduate  in  the  year 
19]  1. 

Thus.  Mr.  Underwood  is  a  rcpresenta- 
n,  and  to  him  we  look  for  many 
yean  of  active  work  for  the  county's 
■  '<  od. 


COUNTRY  HOME  OF  HON.  U.  J.  UNDERWOOD 


Association  and  vice-president  of  the 
McLeansboro  Independent  Telephone 
Company. 

He  is  also  a  Knight  of  Pythias,  an  Odd 
Fellow,  and  correspondent  for  several 
daily  papers.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
First  Baptist  church. 


O.  W.  FULLERTON 

Mr.  Fullerton  is  the  pleasant,  courteous 
manager  of  the  Murphysboro  Telephone 
Company,  successor  to  the  Old  McLeans- 
boro Telephone  Company.  He  has  been 
with  this  work  since  February,  1909, 
and  has  demonstrated  his  fitness  for  the 
position  he  occupies  in  every  way.  He 
is  perfectly  reliable.  The  system,  when 
he  took  it,  was  all  run  down,  nothing  in 
shape.  Since  he  has  been  here  an  entire 
revolution  has  been  performed. 

The  company  he  represents  seeks  to 
get  the  best  in  everything.  It  thinks 
only  of  its  subscribers,  how  they  may 
be  pleased.  A  first-class  switchboard, 
a    new   directory,    and    100   fine    "hello" 


re  at  the  command  of  the  remotest 
subscriber  as  well  as  the  nearest.  "With 
equal  rights  to  all  and  exclusive  to  none." 
as  its  motto  the  company  furnishes  the 
best  service  possible  to  all  its  patrons. 
It  is  glad  to  hear  about  any  little  annoy- 
ance, or  anything  wrong  anywhere, 
connected  with  its  system  that  it  may 
remedy  the  wrong  and  make  the  inefficient 
part  work. 

Mr.  Fullerton  is  the  man  who  has  made 
all  this  possible.  He  has  been  thoroughly 
modern  in  all  his  work.  So  that  everyone 
gets  as  good  as  the  other,  which  is  us 
good  as  can  be  had  anywhere.  McLeans- 
boro boasts  a  full  fledged  telephone 
system. 


MRS.  I.  H.  WEBB 

Mrs.  Webb,  formerly  Miss  Estelle 
Baker,  of  Golconda,  111.,  has  liven  a 
resident  of  the  city  some  fifteen  years. 
and  has  been  the  piano  and  voice  teacher 
of  many  of  the  brightest  pupils  that  have 
gone  out  from  the  town  in  that  time. 
Her  pupils  have  almost  all  become 
teachers,  some  of  them  going  abroad  for 
more  advanced  study.  She  teaches  the 
Interstate  System,'  representing  the 
Western  Conservatory  of  Chicago,  111. 
She  has  held  three  commencement  pro- 
grams under  this  system.  Her  work  is 
uniformly  satisfactory.  Write  her  for 
terms. 


CHARLES  B.  THOMAS 

We  are  delighted  to  present  the  face 
of  one  of  the  county's  ex-judges,  the  Hon. 
Charles  B.  Thomas,  now  of  St.  Louis. 
Mo.  Ten  years  ago  he  was  judge  of  the 
county.  Now  he  is  president  of  The 
Federal  Trust  Company  of  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
director  and  secretary  Missouri  Farm 
Colonies  Real  Estate  Company,  with 
paid  up  capital  of  $500,000;  director  and 
vice-president  of  the  American  Bankers 
Surety   Company,   of  St.   Louis,   Mo. 

The  Judge  is  a  product  of  Hamilton 
county,  having  been  born  and  raised  in 
Beaver  Creek  township.  He  taught 
school  in  this  county  and  by  his  close 
application  to  his  duties  he  mastered  the 
law  and  moved  to  this  city  and  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  twice 
elected  judge  of  the  county,  and  perhaps 
we  never  had  a  better  one.  He  was  a 
candidate  on  the  state  ticket  of  his  party 
for  state  treasurer  in  1906,  a  testimonial 
to  his  rare  democratic  value,  and  to  his 
worth  as  a  man. 

The  Federal  Trust  Company  of  which 
the  Judge  is  president,  has  a  capitaliza- 
tion of  half  a  million  dollars,  and  pays 
him  the  handsome  salary  of  $7,5110  per 
year.    The  Judge  was  associated  with  the 


O.  W.  FULLERTON 


DAVID  J.  UNDERWOOD 

Hon.  David  J.  Underwood  was  born 
in  1864  on  a  farm  in  Dahlgren  township, 
this  county.  He  was  educated  al  Fairfield 
Collegiate  Institute  and  Ewing  College 
after  leaving  the  public  schools.  He 
spent  16  years  as  teacher  in  the  public 
schools  and  eight  years  as  county  super- 
intendent of  schools  of  Hamilton  county. 
He  was  very  popular  with  the  teacher-. 
and  patrons  while  in  the  school  work. 

In  1902  he  was  elected  to  the  legislature 
as  a  democrat  from  this  district  and  served 
his  people  honorably  in  the  43rd  general 
assembly.  Later  he  studied  in  the  Chicago 
University  law  school,  taking  its  course, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1906. 


JUDGE  CHARLES  B    THOMAS 


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RESIDENCE  OF  JUDGE  J.  Q.  A.  LEDBETTER 


organization  of  the  company,  was  made- 
one  of  the  directors,  also  its  treasurer  and 
general  counsel.  After  a  period  of  nine 
months  and  at  the  re-organization  of  the 
company,  the  Judge-  was  unanimously 
chosen  its  president,  solely  on  his  ability 
to  fill  the  position.  This  was  in  September, 
1909.  He  has  demonstrated  his  fitness 
for  the  position  in  all  respects  and  takes 
his  place  along  with  the  really  renowned 
men  of  the  town  and  country.  Long  may 
he  flourish. 


HON.  J.  Q.  A.  LEDBETTER 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  reared 
in' Hardin  county,  [11.,  and  lived  there 
until  five  years  ago,  when  he  moved 
to  this  city.  He  finished  a  high  school 
education  at  Evansville,  Ind.,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  practice  of  law  in  1873, 
and  has  continued  to  practice  ever  Mine. 
He  was  elected  county  judge-  of  his  county 


before  he  reached  tin-  age-  required  by 
the  constitution.  He  has  served  twelve 
years  as  state's  attorney  of  his  county, 
and  has  occupied  other  positions  of  trust. 

Judge  Ledbetter  was  the  choice  of  his 
party  for  congress  in  this  district  in  1908, 
made  an  honorable  canvass  in  the  race, 
and  though  In-  was  not  elected,  yet  he 
succeeded     in     reelucing     the     majority. 

He  resides  in  a  beautiful  home  on  East 
Market  street,  a  cut  of  which  is  given  on 
another  page,  has  a  wife  and  three  sons 
and  a  daughter.  The  oldest  son  is  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church,  while  the 
other  members  of  the  family  belong  to  the 
M.  E.  church. 

Judge  Ledbetter  belongs  to  the  follow- 
ing lodges:  Odd  Fellows,  Masons  and 
Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  a  democrat 
of  the  old  school;  upright,  honorable, 
full  of  vital  vim  for  the  welfare  of  the 
republic.  He  is  a  gentleman  of  the  first 
water,  and  our  town  is  honored  by  his 
residence  among  us.  He  spends  a  good 
de^il  of  his  time  now  at  his  former  home 
in  Hardin  county,  looking  after  his  law 
practice,  and  also  his  farm.  He  will 
doubtless  reach  a  good  age,  filled  with 
good  cle-eds. 


one-  of  all  since  the  company  first  put 
its  representatives  here  Mr.  Denson 
wrote  more  than  $10,000  in  premiums, 
making  himself  the  most  successful 
agent  the  company  has  ever  had  in  the 
O  unity. 

Mr.  Denson  can  l>e-  found,  when  in  the 
city,  at  the  IVopk-'s  National  Bank,  and 
can  be-  called  up  by  phone  from  any  part 
of  the  county  at  his  home.  Any  one 
wishing  to  do  business  with  him  will  get 
that  due  regard  for  exactness,  details 
and  perfect  sincerity  of  statement  that 
■  an  be  relied  upon  at  all  times  to  guide 
them  correctly.  It  is  Mr.  Denson's  boast 
that  he-  has  never  deceived  any  one  about 
his  company  or  made  any  statements 
that    the   company   would   not   stand  for. 

Mr.  Denson  is  married  and  has  one 
little  girl.  He  owns  property  in  the 
northeast  part  of  the  county,  and  was 
himself  born  and  reared  on  the  farm. 
All  his  life  he  has  known  the  value  of  the 
country  schools,  the-  country  churches, 
the  farm  houses,  anil  all  other  buildings 
needed  in  a  flourishing  rlistrict.  It  has 
be-e-h  his  ambition  to  see  that  every  farmer 
in  the  county  has  a  proper  insurance  for 
his   property.       In    case-    of   loss    by    fire 


BE 


JUDGE  J.  Q.  A.  LEDBETTER 


W.  W.  DENSON 

The  Forest  City  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany, of  Rockford,  111.,  is  represented  in 
the  city  and  vicinity  by  Mr.  W.  W. 
Denson,  who  lives  in  the  north  part  of 
town,  and  has  his  business  headquarters 
in  the  People's  National  Bank.  The 
company  is  the  only  fire  insurance  com- 
pany in  the  county  which  does  business 
exclusively  for  farmers  and  farm  property, 
in  or  out  of  town.  It  adjusts  its  losses 
sometimes  before  the  fire  dies  down  from 
the  burning  property,  and  always  satis- 
factory  to  the  parties  insured.  It  does 
more  farm  business  than  all  other  fire 
insurance  companies  in  the  county  com- 
bined. Though  the  Forest  City  Fire 
Insurance  Company  has  been  in  the 
county  for  over  thirty  five  years,  yet  its 
business  continues  to  increase,  proving  the 
reliability  and  popularity  of  such  a 
company.       Last    year    was    the    banner 


W.  W.  DENSON 

lightning,  wind  storms,  cyclones  and 
tornadoes  the  insured  is  guaranteed 
against  all  accident  to  dwellings  or  prop- 
erty. Thus  he  is  able  to  go  on  with  the 
affairs  of  life  as  if  no  accident  had  occurred. 


DR.  C.  H.  ANDERSON 

C.  H.  Anderson  was  born  on  a  farm 
September  15,  1869,  in  Hamilton  county, 
111.  His  childhood  and  youth  was  spent 
performing  the  usual  duties  of  a  farmer 
"lad"  during  the  summer,  and  attending 
school  during  the  winter.  Progress  in 
school  was  fairly  good  and  after  complet- 
ing the  course  as  prescribed  in  the  country 
school,  he  then  entered  the  McLeansborc 
high  school.  In  1888  he  begun  teaching 
school  and  in  1889  entered  Southern 
Illinois  College.  By  teaching  school  at 
intervals  during  the  course,  and  reciting 
at  night  to  private  instructors,  he  was 
able  to  maintain  himself  in  college  until 


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1892,  when  he  completed  the  scientific 
course,  receiving  the  degree  of  B.  S. 
Continuing  in  college  he  graduated  as 
valedictorian  in  the  classical  course. 
receiving  the  degree  of  A.  B.  In  1903  he 
was  elected  superintendent  of  the  public 
schools  at  Ridgway,  111.,  and  remaining 
there  the  ensuing  two  years,  resigned 
that  position  to  begin  the  study  of 
medicine.  In  1895  he  matriculated  in 
the  Missouri  Medical  College,  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  and  on  March  28,  1898,  graduated 
cum  laude.  After  graduation  he  entered 
the  practice  of  medicine  at  McLeansboro, 
111.,  and  rapidly  built  up  a  very  extensive 
practice.  He  aspired  to  no  official  position 
and  held  none  except  a  position  on  tb 
board  of  education,  McLeansboro,  111..  an< 
chairman  of  the  central  committee. 
Hamilton  countv,  111. 

In  1907  the  Governor  of  the  State  of 
Illinois  invited  him  to  accept  the  superin- 
tendency  of  the  Illinois  Asylum  for 
Insane  'Criminals,    which     was    accepted 


DR.  C.  H.  ANDERSON 

and  is  occupied  until  the  present  time. 
In  1S93  he  united  in  marriage  to  Mary 
Williams,  and  to  this  union  three  children 
were  born. 


deserves  all  this  praise  and  more  of  the 
same  character,  as  he  is  worthy. 

The  firm,  therefore,  of  Wilson  & 
McNabb,  are  our  best  representatives 
in  their  line,  perhaps,  ami  have  the  due 
reward  of  merit.    We  wish  them  continued 


WILSON  &  McNABB 

This  firm  has  done  business  in  the 
county  for  about  twenty  years,  and  has 
universally  succeeded  in  winning  the  very 
highest  commendation  from  its  clients. 
It  is  known  all  over  the  country,  doing 
business  from  Maine  to  California.  In 
abstract  work  it  is  unsurpassed  in  this  or 
any   other   county. 

The  firm  is  composed  of  Hon.  A.  M. 
Wilson,  for  thirty  seven  years  a  resident 
of  the  city,  and  of  Mr.  C.  R.  McNabb, 
who  was  born  and  reared  here.  Mr. 
Wilson  lives  on  South  Washington  street, 
has  a  charming  family  consisting  of  his 
wife  and  two  young  ladies,  who  are  highly 
honored  by  the  community.  He  was 
reared  in  East  Tennessee,  educated  at 
Hiawassa  College,  and  taught  school 
two  years.  He  moved  here  in  1873,  studied 
law  under  Judge  T.  B.  Stelle,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1875.  From  the 
first    he    has    succeeded    in    building    up 


HON.  A.  M.  WILSON 

a  true  reputation  on  work  done.  He  is 
a  first  class  lawyer  and  a  practii 
st  racter  of  high  degree.  He  has  practiced  in 
the  Interior  Department  of  the  govern- 
ment for  the  last  thirty  years,  principally 
in  the  pension  bureau,  giving  eminent 
satisfacti:n.  He  is  a  man  that  does  busi- 
ness on  the  sq'rr;.  His  word  is  as  good 
as  his  bond.  What  he  does  is  assured  of 
being  well  done. 

His  partner,  Mr.  C.  R.  McNabb, 
whose  portrait  we  also  present  in  this 
connection,  has  been  a  life  long  worker 
at  the  abstract  business.  His  work  is  of 
such  a  character  that  he  docs  not  have  to 
commend  it.     It  commends  itself. 

Charley,  as  he  is  known  to  all  his 
friends,  stands  high  in  the  community. 
is  a  splendid  member  of  the  First  Baptist 
church,  is  its  treasurer  also,  and  has  about 
him  the  air  of  perfect  confidence  in  his 
business.  He  gives  to  the  work  his  best 
hours. 

At  present  he  is  winding  up  the  immense 
sales  of  coal  land  in  Franklin,  an  adjoining 
county  to  Hamilton,  where  the  abstract 
work  must  be  done  by  an  expert  of  ac- 
credited standing.  He  is  receiving  high 
praise  for  his  work  from  the  authorities 
who  control  the  abstracting,  and  is  getting 
a  salary  thatspeaksforitself.  Mr.  McN'abb 


THE  LEADER 

The  Republican  organ  of  Hamilton 
county  was  started  m  November,  1882, 
by  Messrs.  Lyon  and  Irvin.  In  1886 
Mr.  Irvin  withdrew  and  since  that  time 
Or.  C.  M.  Lyon  has  been  editor  and 
tor. 

Dr.  Lvon  has  been  a  resident  of  Mc- 
..  ii  boro  since  1867,  having  previous 
to  his  coming  hire  served  over  four 
>..;  m  the  union  army  during  the  war 
{  the  rebellion.  He  has  twice  repre- 
sented his  district  in  the  legislature  and 
has  served  two  terms  as  postmaster  of 
this  city,  first  during  the  administration 
of  President  Arthur  and  the  last  time 
during  the  administration  of  President 
Harrison. 

We  present  the  portrait  of  our  co- 
ti  mporary  together  with  a  picture  of  his 
home,  and  would  state  that  we  are  under 


f.. 


Ji± 


DR.  J.  M.  LYON 

many  obligations  to  the  genial  doctor  for 
valuable  assistance  m  the  preparation 
of  this  number,  and  take  this  opportunity 
to  express  our  gratitude  for  favors  shown. 
The  doctor  stands  high  in  the  medical 
profession,  is  a  painstaking  and  con- 
scientious physician  and  enjoys  a  lu- 
crative practice. 


ANDREW  J.  FOULK 

Among  the  contractors  of  the  city, 
Mr.  Foulk  stands  out  as  one  of  the  best. 
He  is  a  resident  of  town,  living  on  Border 
in  a  beautiful  new  building  which 
It  ■  has  put  up  within  the  last  year.  Besides 
building  many  residences  in  and  out  of 
the  city,  he  is  "the  builder  of  the  new  M.  E. 
church  at  a  cost  of  $20,000,  directing  all 
the  wood  work  and  superintending  the 
general  plan. 

Mr.  Foulk  is  a  natural  workman,  born 
to  it.  His  father  before  him  knew  how  to 
do  anything  in  woodwork,  or  with  tools. 
He  is  a  man  of  good  habits,  knows  his 
business,  and  gives  perfect  satisfaction 
in  w-hatcver  he  undertakes.  This  is  the 
assurance  he  gives  th  >se  who  wSh  to  have 
him   do   their   work. 

He  is  an  Odd  Fellow,  a  member  of  the 

M.  E.  church  of  the  city,  an  up-to-date, 

rive  man.  His  friends  are  numbered 


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His  specialties  are  dry  goods  and  shoes. 

He  also  carries  a  line  of  ladies'  and  gent's 
furnishings,  and  handles  groceries.  His 
stock  is  clean  and  new.  He  is  courteous, 
and  his  clerks  are  always  willing  to  show 
goods,  even  though  the  purchaser  should 
not  buy.  He  wishes  to  have  the  people 
know  that  he  is  in  the  business  to  stay 
and  would  appreciate  any  trade  thrown 
his  way.  The  trade  he  hopes  to  build  up 
by  just  dealing  is  the  kind  that  buy  where 
they  can  get  goods  the  cheapest.  He  is 
looking  for  that  class  of  purchasers  who 
know  a  good  bargain  when  they  see  it. 
Mr.  Harry  Sloan  is  a  county  boy; 
born  and  raised  five  miles  southeast  of 
our  town.  He  taught  school  in  a  great 
many  places  in  the  county,  and  was 
practically  acquainted  with  almost  every 
one  in  the  county  15  years  ago.  He  wishes 
his  old  friends  and  others  to  come  in  to 
renew  the  acquaintances  of  other  years, 
and,  if  they  wish,  give  him  their  trade, 
as  he  will  surely  give  them  their  money's 
worth  in  return. 


by  the  score,  everyone  being  of  the  same 
opinion  about  him  and  his  work;  that 
it  is  all  right.  Mr.  Foulk  makes  estimates 
on  contract  work  of  any  kind,  free.  He 
is  in  a  position  to  put  the  lowest  estimates 
possible  on  contract  and  building  proposi- 
tions of  any  kind. 


O.  H.  HYATT'S  IMPLEMENT  STORE 

A.  H.  SLOAN 

Mr.  A.  H.  Sloan,  who  comes  to  our 
town  and  sets  up  in  the  general  merchan- 
dise business  on  the  north  side  of  the 
square,  the  second  door  from  the  north 


O.  H.  HYATT 

0.  H.  Hyatt  was  born  and  raised  in 
McLeansboro  and  received  his  education 
in  our  public  schools.  From  boyhood 
he  was  a  clerk  in  his  father's  lumber 
yard;  later  he  was  a  clerk  in  a  hardware 
store  for  four  years,  and  then  became  the 
senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Hyatt  & 
Wilson,  dealers  in  hardware  and  imple- 
ments. This  firm  continued  for  six  years 
and  in  1902  Mr.  Hyatt  sold  his  interest 
to  Mr.  Wilson,  and  entered  business  alone 
handling  buggies,  wagons,  implements, 
etc.  At  present  he  can  be  found  on  the 
south  side  of  the  public  square,  where  he 
has  been  for  several  years,  and  carrying 
in  stock  one  of  the  most  complete  lines 
that  can  be  found  in  this  part  of  the  state, 
and  doing  a  thriving  business.  He  handles 
the  original  Geo.  Delker  buggies  and 
carriages;  the  Deering  binders  and 
mowers;  the  J.  I.  Case  plows  and  culti- 
vators and  the  Collins  balance  frame 
cultivator;  the  Superior  wheat  drill, 
the  Bluebell  cream  separator;  a  full 
line  of  saddles,  and  don't  forget  to  visit 
his  new  department,  where  he  makes  a 
complete  line  of  light  and  heavy  harness 
of  the  very  best  quality  possible.  In 
fact  we  are  glad  to  recommend  to  you, 
not  only  the  man,  but  every  part  of  his 
full  and  excellent  line  of  supplies.  Call 
him  over  either  phone. 

Mr.  Hyatt  is  a  member  of  the  Epi  copal 
church;  has  for  years  been  treasurer  of 
the  Building  and  Loan  Association;  is 
a  member  of  the  K.  P.  lodge.  With  his 
happy  little  family  he  lives  in  his  elegant 
home  on  Jackson  street. 


west  corner,  has  been  in  the  business  for 
12  years.  He  has  spent  this  time  in 
central  and  southern  Illinois.  He  came 
from  Windsor,  Shelby  county,  111.,  to 
this  place. 

He  is  an  up-to-date  advertiser,  which 
shows  he  knows  the  value  of  the  printed 
page  in  business.  As  a  test  of  this  he 
entered  business  12  years  ago  on  a  very 
limited  capital,  and  now  has  one  of  the 
most  complete  stocks  in  the  country. 
It  is  the  man  behind  the  business. 


THE  PEOPLE'S  NATIONAL  BANK 

This  substantial  institution  was  organ- 
ized in  1891  as  a  private  bank  by  the 
Hon.  J.  H.  Miller,  one  of  the  best  business 
men  our  community  has  ever  known. 
For  about  sixteen  years,  until  his  death, 
he  conducted  this  institution  to  the  entire 
satisfaction  of  all  who  dealt  with  him, 
and  never  betrayed  a  single  depositor. 

After  his  death  his  heirs  thought  best 
to  re-organize  the  bank  as  a  National, 
and  did  so  in  1909,  with  a  capital  of 
•135,000.  and  thev  now  carrv  a  surplus 
of  $1,000. 

In  the  re-organization  many  of  the  most 
highly  respected  and  substantial  business 
men  of  McLeansboro  gladly  became 
stockholders,  and  were  only  sorry  that 
more  stock  was  not  on  the  market. 

W.  T.  Miller,  son  of  J.  H.  Miller,  is  the 
present  cashier  and  one  of  our  most 
promising  young  business  men.  In  1903 
he   graduated    in    our   city    high    school; 


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A.  A.  HYATT'S  LUMBER    YARD 


attended  Lincoln  College  at  Lincoln,  111., 
one  year,  and  the  University  of  Illinois  at 
Urbana  for  three  years,  until  the  death 
of  his  father,  when  he  was  compelled 
to  leave  school  and  assume  the  grave 
responsibilities  laid  down  by  his  father. 
His  splendid  preparation  and  natural 
business  ability,  make  of  him  an  ideal 
man    for    his    present    position   of  trust. 

The  officers  and  board  of  this  reliable 
institution  are:  president,  G.  W.  Hogan; 
vice-president,  Harry  Anderson;  cashier. 
W.  T.  Miller;  assistant  cashier,  C.  E. 
Biggerstaff.  Directors:  G.  W.  Hogan, 
A.  E.  Wilson,  W.  \Y.  Hall,  Harry  Anderson, 
C.  C.  Wright,  J.  H.  Hendrix  and  W.  T. 
Miller. 

The  above  mentioned  men  are  a  better 
recommendation  of  this  bank  than  we 
could  possibly  pen. 


an  artist  to  display  the  varied  degrees 
and  character  of  effects  wanted  by  those 
who  intend  to  have  themselves  put  on 
paper  for  future  pleasure.  Mr.  Erwin  is 
certainly  one  of  the  very  besl  of  photog- 
raphers that  have  been  in  our  city.  For 
the  manv  beautiful   scenes  in   this  book 


L.  A.  ERWIN 

The  present  edition  of  the  Times  was 
made  possible  largely  through  the  work 
of  the  efficient,  up-to-date  photographer, 
Mr.  Lent  Erwin,  who  resides  in  our  city 
with  his  wife  and  charming  little  daughter, 
Lueile,  their  only  child. 

The  cut  above  shows  Mr.  Erwin  and 
his  daughter,  which  was  taken  by  his 
wife. 

Mr.  Erwin  has  been  in  the  city  for  almost 
all  his  life,  having  learned  the  art  under 
Mr.  Edwin  Brink,  and  having  purchased 
his  old  stand  on  the  northwest  corner  of 
the  square,  upstairs  over  the  news  stand. 
He  is  here  to  stay  and  hence  he  is  anxious 
to  please. 

Mr.  Erwin  does  all  the  work  that  any 
modern  artist  in  the  picture  making  line 
is  called  upon  to  do,  from  taking  the 
poses  of  infants  to  painting  and  retouching 
enlarged  work.  He  can  suit  the  eye  of 
the  individual  to  the  dot.  It  is  his  con- 
stant effort  to  get  the  very  best  effect 
out  of  each  situation,  lie  it  a  farm  house 
with  pleasant  out  buildings,  or  a  panoramic 
street  scene.  He  can  give  the  tints  and 
grades  and  tones  so  essential  to  first 
class  work,  and  then  the  styles  of  material 
are  so  varied  that  what  he  turns  out 
can  suit  the  most  exacting  or  the  least 
expensive  purchaser.      Il    is   the   work   of 


McLeansboro  during  the  past  thirty- 
eight  year,,  and  has  at  all  tunes  made 
quality  a  specialty,  delivering  ti  i  the  people 
exactly  what  he  sells  them,  and  gaining 
the  friendship  of  all  with  whom  he  trades. 
The  accompanying  view  represents  the 
front  of  this  establishment,  in  which  are 
stored  in  endless  variety,  lumber,  lath, 
shingles,  dressed  flooring,  siding,  ceiling, 
mouldings,   sash,   doors,   etc. 

Having  been  so  long  in  the  lumber 
business,  attending  principally  to  the 
local  trade,  his  judgment  is  relied  upon. 
He  takes  pleasure  and  cheerfully  sill  units 
estimates  on  all  kinds  of  building  material, 
and  if  plans  and  specifications  are  sent 
him  he  will  make  an  estimate  on  the 
entire  building  complete,  or  on  the  mill 
work  complete.  Mr.  Hyatt  now  carries 
the  largest  stock  he  has  carried  during 
his  thirty-eight  years  among  us;  he  has 
a  full  line  of  white  cedar  shingles  of  all 
grades;  receives  his  screens,  window 
and  doors,  in  car  load  lots,  and  can  readily 
meet  every  demand  along  his  line.  He 
at  all  times  has  a  large  stock  of  Hammer 
and  Kurfees  paints,  of  all  grades  and 
colors  and  strictly  pure  white  lead. 

The  unusually  long  period  of  continuous 
success  that  has  been  enjoyed  by  this 
firm,  can  only  be  accounted  for  because 
of  the  fact  that  Mr.  Hyatt  has  conducted 
one  of  the  most  honest  and  satisfactory- 
establishments  our  county  has  ever 
known.  This  fact  is  gladly  testified  to 
by  Ins  many  customers  all  over  our 
county,  who  have  had  plenty  of  time  to 
thoroughly  test  the  goods  bought  of  him. 

John  A.  Hyatt,  his  son,  has  been  his 
able  assistant  for  some  years,  and  these 
gentlemen  are  at  all  times  ready  to  give 
you  the  most  courteous  service  possible. 
Call  once  and  you  will  lie  glad  to  call 
again. 

„  Mr.  Hyatt  and  family  live  in  their 
comfortable  home  on  Jackson  street 


REV.  CAMERON  HARMON,  A.  B. 

Rev.  Cameron  Harmon,  A.  B.,  was 
born  in  Clay  countv,  111.,  and  is  the  son 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Harmon.  In  1897 
he  graduated  from  the  normal  department 


l.  a;erwin 

we  are  indebted  to  his  art  in  a  way  that 
we  cannot  express.  It  is  our  wish  that  all 
may  know  him  and  get  the  full  benefit 
of  his  large  ami  increasing  picture  business, 
lie  goes  outside  of  the  town  also,  and 
can  be  addressed  at  McLeansboro,  111., 
for  special  work  at  any  place,  guaranteeing 
satisfaction. 


A.  A.  HYATT 

A.  A.  Hyatt  is  one  of  the  best  and  most 
favorably  known  business  men  of  Hamil- 
ton county,  because  of  the  fact  that  he 
has     been     in     the     lumber     business     in 


REV.  CAMERON   HARMON.  A.  B. 


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SUPPLEMENT  TO  THE  McLEANSBORO  TIMES 


INTERIOR  OF  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  PLANT 


of  the  O.  C.  College.  After  teaching  two 
years  in  the  Clay  county  schools,  he 
enlisted  in  the  Spanish-American  War, 
in  Company  L,  Fourth  Illinois  Volunteer 
Infantry,  and  saw  service  in  and  around 
Havana,  Cuba.  In  1903  he  was  graduated 
from  McKcndree  College,  Lebanon,  111., 
with  the  degree  of  A.  B. 

While  in  McKcndree  College  he  was 
student  pastor  .it  Moccasin.  Alton  and 
Granite  City.  Since  graduation  he  has 
served  as  pastor  at  Grayville,  and  has 
now  been  pastor  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  at  McLeansboro  for 
four  years.  During  his  pastorate  here 
the  membership  has  greatly  increased; 
the  congregation  has  built  and  paid  for 
a  church  building  which  cost  more  than 
820,000,  including  a  $2,000  pipe  organ, 
:ii\i\  the  beautiful  frescoing.  He  was 
district  league  president  of  the  Mt.  Carmel 
district  for  five  years,  and  is  conference 
president  of  the  league  at  present;  a 
member  of  the  state  league  cabinet  and 
vice-president  of  the  state  league  chau- 
tauqua  at  Havana,  111.,  and  has  been  a 
director  of  the  latter  institution  from  its 
beginning.  

SMITH'S  BRICK  YARD 

One  of  our  main  manufacturing  indus- 
tries is  that  nf  brick  making,  and  the  plant 
of  Caleb  Smith,  who  is  manager,  has  seen 
the  yard  advance  from  the  old  time  way 
of  hand  moulding  and  drying  in  the  sun 
to  the  modern  plant  with  its  thousands 
of  feet  of  drying  sheds  and  an  output  of 
thirty-five  thousand  bricks  daily. 

The  product  of  this  plant  at  the  tests 
held  in  St.  Louis  at  the  World's  Fair, 
received  the  highest  honors  in  the  various 
tests  and  especially  for  uniform  color, 
wearing  quality  and  smoothness  of  surface. 
The  plant  employes  fifteen  to  seventeen 
men  and  has  twenty  acres  of  good  clay 
banks,  situated  on  the  L.  &  N.  R.  R., 
and  inside  the  city  limits. 

The  increased  cost  of  lumber  has  caused 
people  to  turn  to  brick  for  building 
purposes,  and  we  have  here  the  best 
quality  of  brick  for  all  purposes,  and  with 
the  additions  contemplated,  the  Smith's 
Brick  Yard  will  be  one  of  the  best  in  this 
section,  and  one  of  the  largest  employers 
of  labor  in  the  county. 


CALEB  SMITH 


THE  TIMES  FAMILY 

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MR.  L.  HOWARD 

Of  McLeansboro.    Illinois,   is  Agent  for  some  of  the 

Most  Reliable  Fire  and  Life  Insurance  Companies 

in  the  World.    He  also  has  a  few  farms  for  sale. 

Write  him  for  business. 


M.  Atterbury 


Dealer  in  Pawnbrokers'    Fine 
Clothing. 

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DANIEL  &  BOWEN 

REAL  ESTATE 
BROKERS 

Improved  and    Unimproved 
Lands  in  Illinois  and  Arkan- 
sas for  Sale  or  Trade 

SOME  EXCEPTIONALLY   GOOD   BAR- 
GAINS  IN   HAMILTON    COUNTY,    ILL. 

Call  on  or  address 

DANIEL  &  BOWEN 

McLeansboro,  111. 

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